Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On this day in history alaric sacks Rome   

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on this day in history.   

0582  On this day in history tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1183  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) on this day in history.   

1248  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on August - 14.   

1281  On August - 14 kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan   

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on this day in history.   

1385  On August - 14 battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

1395  On this day in history utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla   

1585  On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1597  On August - 14 cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java   

1598  On this day in history 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   

1624  On August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru   

1626  On August - 14 daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on this day in history.   

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on August - 14.   

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on August - 14.   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.   

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on August - 14.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on August - 14.   

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.   

1714  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on this day in history.   

1727  On August - 14 henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.   

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.