Page 2: Historical Events In August - 14

1740  On August - 14 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23)   

1742  On August - 14 marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)   

1743  Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War on this day in history.   

1756  French capture Fort Oswego, NY on this day in history.   

1758  Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed on this day in history.   

1758  On August - 14 carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer   

1762  English fleet occupies Havana on this day in history.   

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1765  Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) on August - 14.   

1769  On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer   

1777  Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law) on this day in history.   

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies   

1784  First Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island on August - 14.   

1784  On this day in history francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat   

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

1790  Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela on this day in history.   

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on this day in history.   

1802  Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty) on this day in history.   

1810  Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history british warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus   

1813  On August - 14 british warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus   

1814  Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha   

1820  On August - 14 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC   

1821  Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army) on August - 14.   

1823  On August - 14 karel Miry, composer   

1824  General Lafayette returns to US on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history william Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1825  Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out on August - 14.   

1833  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

1834  On August - 14 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1836  On this day in history walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)   

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1297  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

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

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

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

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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

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

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