Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.  

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on August - 14.  

0582  On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

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

1183  On August - 14 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  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on August - 14.  

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on this day in history.  

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

1385  On this day in history battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile  

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.  

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1498  On August - 14 columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela  

1551  On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli  

1552  On August - 14 fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on this day in history.  

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

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

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

1598  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 on this day in history.  

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.  

1626  On this day in history daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher  

1636  On this day in history spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens  

1642  On August - 14 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  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on August - 14.  

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

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.  

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  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.  

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.  

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.  

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  

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

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

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

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

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