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 this day in history.  

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

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

1758  Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer on this day in history.  

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 August - 14 friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer  

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  On August - 14 suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies  

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  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on August - 14.  

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  On August - 14 letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty)  

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

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

1823  Karel Miry, composer on this day in history.  

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 August - 14.  

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.  

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history 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  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  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.  

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

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60