Historical Events In August - 14

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

1742  On this day in history 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 August - 14.  

1758  Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer on August - 14.  

1762  English fleet occupies Havana on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76  

1765  On August - 14 mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)  

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

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1777  On this day in history hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)  

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14.  

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

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

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

1790  Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela on August - 14.  

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on August - 14.  

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

1810  Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer on August - 14.  

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

1813  British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus on this day in history.  

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

1816  Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha on this day in history.  

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

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

1823  Karel Miry, composer on August - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.  

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on August - 14.  

1836  On August - 14 walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

1599  On August - 14 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  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

1204  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  

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

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

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