Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On this day in history erachus becomes bishop of Luik  

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1165  On August - 21 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 this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies  

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

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on this day in history.  

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint on August - 21.  

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

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

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

1642  On this day in history johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

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

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building on August - 21.  

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on August - 21.  

1673  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II  

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on August - 21.  

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

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  On August - 21 johann Georg Witthauer, composer  

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 August - 21.  

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) on August - 21.  

1772  On this day in history 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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.  

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.  

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

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building  

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

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.  

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.  

1190  On this day in history 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 August - 21.  

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

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

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