Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on August - 21.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) on this day in history.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

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

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

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

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

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint on this day in history.   

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

1598  -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence on August - 21.   

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

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) on August - 21.   

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

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history the Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.   

1689  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1689  William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.   

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on August - 21.   

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1751  On this day in history johann Georg Witthauer, composer   

1760  The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city on August - 21.   

1765  On this day in history 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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

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

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

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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.