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

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 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)  

1498  On this day in history columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela  

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

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

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on August - 14.  

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  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 August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru  

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

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

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

1642  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60  

1675  On this day in history 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  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.  

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

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  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.  

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)  

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

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

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.  

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

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60