Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On August - 21 erachus becomes bishop of Luik  

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

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on August - 21.  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.  

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

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 August - 21.  

1673  On August - 21 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 this day in history pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish  

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

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on August - 21.  

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 August - 21.  

1723  On August - 21 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  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 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  On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29  

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1165  On August - 21 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  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 August - 21.  

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

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  

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 this day in history.  

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)