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 this day in history tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

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

1183  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence  

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

1395  On this day in history utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden  

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1433  On August - 14 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 this day in history.  

1551  On this day in history turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli  

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

1559  On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla  

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

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

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on August - 14.  

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  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.  

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

1636  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on this day in history.  

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  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.  

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.  

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

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

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  

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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

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