Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1192  On August - 21 minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)   

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

1321  160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake on this day in history.   

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

1560  On August - 21 tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy   

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

1583  The Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record on August - 21.   

1598  -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.   

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

1660  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish   

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

1689  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1718  On August - 21 emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

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

1723  On August - 21 dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49   

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1772  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 on August - 21.   

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on August - 21.   

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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 this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

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

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

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

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

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