Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on August - 21.   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) on August - 21.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1192  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1321  On this day in history 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint on August - 21.   

1583  The Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record on August - 21.   

1598  On this day in history -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence   

1627  On August - 21 jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  On this day in history camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies   

1642  On August - 21 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  On August - 21 sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet   

1673  On August - 21 isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51   

1680  On this day in history pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish   

1680  Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish on August - 21.   

1689  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland on August - 21.   

1689  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1689  William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on August - 21.   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on this day in history.   

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on August - 21.   

1725  On August - 21 jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history the church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.   

1765  On August - 21 william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

1772  King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.   

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.