Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1165  On this day in history philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1192  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1321  On this day in history 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1560  On this day in history tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint on August - 21.   

1583  On August - 21 the Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record.   

1598  On August - 21 -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence   

1627  On August - 21 jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1642  On August - 21 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On August - 21 hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on August - 21.   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1680  On August - 21 pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish   

1680  Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish on August - 21.   

1689  On this day in history the Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.   

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier   

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on August - 21.   

1721  On August - 21 lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

1723  On August - 21 dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49   

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on August - 21.   

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer on August - 21.   

1760  The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city on August - 21.   

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) on August - 21.   

1772  King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot on August - 21.   

1772  On August - 21 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.