Historical Events In August - 31
Saturday, 21 February 2026
0012 Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD). 

0161 Lucius A A Coomodus, emperor of Rome (180-91) 

0651 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary 

0683 Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque 

1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora is recorded as becoming ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty 

1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies. 

1142 With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee. 

1158 Sancho III, King of Castile, dies. 

1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin, dies 

1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice. 

1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia 

1422 Henry VI, is recorded as becoming King of England at the age of 9 months 

1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies 

1535 Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII. 

1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India. 

1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies. 

1602 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik. 

1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58. 

1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 

1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43 

1638 John Ward, composer, dies at 67 

1663 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist. 

1667 Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60 

1688 Death in London of John Bunyan, English author of The Pilgrim's Progress 

1688 John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies. 

1696 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer 

1741 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer. 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland 

1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer. 

1749 Radistschew, writer. 

1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 

1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer. 

1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica 

1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer 

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