Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On this day in history 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 August - 21.  

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

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

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

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

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

1629  On August - 21 camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.  

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

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

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

1673  On this day in history isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51  

1680  Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F� from Spanish on this day in history.  

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

1689  On August - 21 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  On this day in history emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty  

1721  On August - 21 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  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter  

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer on August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) on this day in history.  

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

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

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.  

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

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.  

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  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.