Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.  

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 this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

1192  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) on August - 21.  

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

1321  160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake on August - 21.  

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on August - 21.  

1567  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

1583  The Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record on this day in history.  

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

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69  

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

1642  On this day in history 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  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.  

1680  Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish on August - 21.  

1680  On August - 21 pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish  

1689  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland on this day in history.  

1689  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer  

1689  On this day in history william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier  

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

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

1721  On this day in history lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet  

1723  On this day in history dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49  

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on August - 21.  

1751  On this day in history johann Georg Witthauer, composer  

1760  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 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.  

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on August - 21.  

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1165  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

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

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

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

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.  

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.  

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

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 August - 21.  

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

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.  

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)