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 August - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on August - 14.   

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

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.   

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.   

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1457  On August - 14 oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)   

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 August - 14.   

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  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 August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru   

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

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  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)   

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

1675  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

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 August - 14.   

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

1714  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on this day in history.   

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1297  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

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

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

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 this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60