Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.  

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on this day in history.  

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 14.  

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

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

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)  

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

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

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  On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands  

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

1597  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on this day in history.  

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

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

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on this day in history.  

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

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

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer  

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange  

1687  On August - 14 johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]  

1688  On August - 14 frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)  

1714  On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter  

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

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.  

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

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

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

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

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  

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

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  

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

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  

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

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