Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on August - 21.  

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 August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on August - 21.  

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

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  On August - 21 jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69  

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.  

1643  On August - 21 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  On this day in history sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet  

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

1680  On this day in history pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F� from Spanish  

1680  Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish on August - 21.  

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

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on this day in history.  

1689  William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.  

1703  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on August - 21.  

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

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on August - 21.  

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

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on August - 21.  

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  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  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  

1535  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

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

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 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 August - 21.  

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  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.