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 this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

1248  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on this day in history.  

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on August - 14.  

1385  On this day in history portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence  

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on August - 14.  

1395  On August - 14 utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden  

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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 August - 14.  

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on August - 14.  

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

1559  On this day in history spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla  

1585  On August - 14 queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands  

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

1597  On this day in history cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java  

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 this day in history dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru  

1626  On August - 14 daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher  

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens  

1642  On August - 14 able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia  

1642  On August - 14 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer  

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on this day in history.  

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 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  Charles Hutton, mathematician on this day in history.  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.  

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

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.  

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.  

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

0582  On this day in history 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 August - 14.  

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  

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

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

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