Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome.   

0554  Ravenna is recorded as becoming seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy   

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1183  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.   

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan   

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence.   

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg).   

1498  Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela   

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla   

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49.   

1597  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   

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru   

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher.   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens   

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia.   

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723).   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer.   

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]   

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)   

1714  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter   

1727  Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752).   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48.   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  Emperor hanazono: Emperor of japan   

1473  Margaret pole: 8th countess of salisbury, daughter of george, duke of clarence   

1479  Princess catherine of york: Princess catherine of york (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra paolo sarpi: [paulus venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  Robert hayman: English-born poet   

1586  William hutchinson: Rhode island colonist   

1599  Méric casaubon: English classical scholar   

1625  François de harlay de champvallon: Archbishop of paris   

0582  Tiberius ii constantine: Byzantine emperor   

1167  Death of Raynald van dassel: Archbishop of cologne,   

1204  Death of Minamoto no yoriie: Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John fitzalan: 2nd baron arundel, english soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  Johan i: King of portugal (1383-1433),   

1573  Saitō tatsuoki: Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  Gugliemo gonzaga: Composer,   

1652  Death of Abraham elsevier: Book publisher/publisher,