Page 2: Historical Events In August - 14

1740  On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23)   

1742  On this day in history marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)   

1743  Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War on August - 14.   

1756  On this day in history french capture Fort Oswego, NY   

1758  Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed on August - 14.   

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

1762  On August - 14 english fleet occupies Havana   

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on August - 14.   

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

1769  Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer on August - 14.   

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

1778  On August - 14 augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies   

1782  Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies on August - 14.   

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

1784  Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat on August - 14.   

1785  On August - 14 john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty)   

1810  On this day in history samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer   

1813  British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus on August - 14.   

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

1814  On this day in history henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1816  Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha on August - 14.   

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

1821  On this day in history clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1823  On this day in history karel Miry, composer   

1824  On August - 14 general Lafayette returns to US   

1824  On August - 14 william Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1825  Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out on this day in history.   

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

1834  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1836  Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen) on August - 14.   

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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 August - 14.   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

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

1575  On this day in history 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 August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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