Page 2: Historical Events In August - 14

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

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  On August - 14 french capture Fort Oswego, NY   

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

1758  On this day in history carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer   

1762  English fleet occupies Havana on this day in history.   

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

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

1769  Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

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

1784  First Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 14 francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat   

1785  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  On August - 14 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

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

1794  On August - 14 george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies   

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

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  Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on August - 14.   

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

1820  On this day in history 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  William Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on August - 14.   

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  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  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 14.   

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 August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  On this day in history 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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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