Historical Events In August - 21

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

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1165  On August - 21 philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1192  On August - 21 minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1321  On August - 21 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on this day in history.   

1567  On August - 21 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1583  On this day in history the Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record.   

1598  -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history 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 this day in history afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On this day in history hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  On August - 21 sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet   

1673  On this day in history isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51   

1680  Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish on this day in history.   

1680  On August - 21 pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish   

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

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

1689  William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on August - 21.   

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on August - 21.   

1723  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)