Historical Events In August - 14
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
0410 Alaric sacks Rome on this day in history.
0554 On this day in history ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy
0582 On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
1167 On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies
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 Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on August - 14.
1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on this day in history.
1385 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on August - 14.
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 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on August - 14.
1498 Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on August - 14.
1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on this day in history.
1552 On this day in history fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher
1559 On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
1585 On August - 14 queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands
1587 Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.
1597 On this day in history cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
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 August - 14.
1624 Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.
1626 On this day in history 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 On August - 14 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)
1652 On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60
1675 On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer
1678 On this day in history 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 On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter
1727 Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752) on this day in history.
1727 William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1737 On August - 14 charles Hutton, mathematician
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