Historical Events In August - 14
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
0410 On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome
0554 On August - 14 ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
0582 On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
1167 On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1183 On August - 14 taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
1248 On August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
1281 On August - 14 kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan
1385 On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence
1385 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.
1395 On August - 14 utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden
1433 On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1457 On this day in history oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)
1498 On this day in history columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela
1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on this day in history.
1552 Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on this day in history.
1559 On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
1585 On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands
1587 On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49
1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on August - 14.
1598 Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, the earl of Tyrone, annihilates an English force at Yellow Ford, marking the greatest Irish victory in the wars with the English on this day in history.
1624 On this day in history dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru
1626 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on this day in history.
1636 Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on this day in history.
1642 On August - 14 able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia
1642 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on August - 14.
1652 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.
1675 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on this day in history.
1678 On August - 14 battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange
1687 On this day in history johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]
1688 On this day in history frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)
1714 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on this day in history.
1727 Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752) on August - 14.
1727 William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.
1737 Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.
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