Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.  

0554  On August - 14 ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy  

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1183  On this day in history taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).  

1248  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral begun  

1281  On this day in history kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan  

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence  

1385  On August - 14 battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile  

1395  On this day in history utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden  

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.  

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on this day in history.  

1498  Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on this day in history.  

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on this day in history.  

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on August - 14.  

1559  On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla  

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on this day in history.  

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on this day in history.  

1598  On August - 14 irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, the earl of Tyrone, annihilates an English force at Yellow Ford, marking the greatest Irish victory in the wars with the English  

1624  On August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru  

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on August - 14.  

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on August - 14.  

1642  On this day in history able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia  

1642  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60  

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on this day in history.  

1678  On August - 14 battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)  

1714  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on this day in history.  

1727  On August - 14 henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)  

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48  

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician  

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)  

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.  

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.  

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.