Historical Events In August - 14

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  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

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 this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

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

1385  On this day in history portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  On this day in history 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 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 August - 14.   

1552  On this day in history fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on this day in history.   

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on August - 14.   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on this day in history.   

1598  On August - 14 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  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on this day in history.   

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on August - 14.   

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  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.   

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on this day in history.   

1688  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1727  On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.   

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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  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

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

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

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

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

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

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