Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On August - 21 erachus becomes bishop of Luik  

1131  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

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

1560  On this day in history tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy  

1567  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

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

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

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

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.  

1642  On August - 21 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

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

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

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

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.  

1680  Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F� from Spanish on August - 21.  

1680  On this day in history pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish  

1689  On this day in history the Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.  

1689  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer  

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

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II  

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history 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 August - 21 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 this day in history.  

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

1567  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

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

1660  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)