Historical Events In August - 14

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

1742  Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris) on this day in history.  

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

1756  French capture Fort Oswego, NY on August - 14.  

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

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

1762  On this day in history english fleet occupies Havana  

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

1782  Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies on this day in history.  

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

1784  Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat on this day in history.  

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 this day in history george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1816  On August - 14 great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha  

1820  1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC on this day in history.  

1821  On August - 14 clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1823  On August - 14 karel Miry, composer  

1824  General Lafayette returns to US on August - 14.  

1824  William Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on August - 14.  

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

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

1834  On this day in history 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  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  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

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  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  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  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  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

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

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.