Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On August - 21 erachus becomes bishop of Luik  

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.  

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

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 August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

1560  On August - 21 tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy  

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

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

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

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.  

1643  On August - 21 afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  

1660  On August - 21 hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building  

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on this day in history.  

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

1680  On August - 21 pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F� from Spanish  

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

1689  On August - 21 the Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.  

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on this day in history.  

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

1703  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty  

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

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

1725  On this day in history 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 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 August - 21.  

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

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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 August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)  

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

1597  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 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 August - 21.  

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

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

1271  On August - 21 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 August - 21.  

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

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