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  On August - 14 prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War   

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

1758  On this day in history battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed   

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

1762  On this day in history english fleet occupies Havana   

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

1765  On this day in history mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  On August - 14 sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela   

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

1802  Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty) on August - 14.   

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

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

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

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  1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1821  Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history karel Miry, composer   

1824  General Lafayette returns to US on August - 14.   

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

1825  On August - 14 dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out   

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

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

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

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

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

1575  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

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

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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