Historical Events In August - 21

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

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

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

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

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

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on August - 21.   

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

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

1643  On August - 21 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 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 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  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on August - 21.   

1718  On August - 21 emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

1721  On August - 21 lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

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

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 21.   

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 August - 21.   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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 August - 21.