Historical Events In August - 14
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0410 Alaric sacks Rome on this day in history.
0554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on August - 14.
0582 On this day in history tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
1167 Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.
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 August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
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 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.
1395 Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.
1433 On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on August - 14.
1498 Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on August - 14.
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 this day in history spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
1585 Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on this day in history.
1587 On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49
1597 On this day in history cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1642 Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on this day in history.
1642 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on August - 14.
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 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on August - 14.
1688 On this day in history frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)
1714 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on August - 14.
1727 On this day in history henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
1727 On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48
1737 On August - 14 charles Hutton, mathematician
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