Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome   

0554  On this day in history ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy   

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

1167  On August - 14 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  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

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

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on August - 14.   

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  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  On this day in history turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on August - 14.   

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

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on August - 14.   

1642  On this day in history able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia   

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on this day in history.   

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

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on this day in history.   

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1714  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on August - 14.   

1727  On this day in history henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On this day in history 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  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

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 this day in history.   

0582  On August - 14 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  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

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