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  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) on this day in history.   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

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

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

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

1560  On August - 21 tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy   

1567  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

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

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

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on August - 21.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) on August - 21.   

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

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 August - 21.   

1680  On this day in history pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish   

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

1689  On August - 21 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  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on August - 21.   

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

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on this day in history.   

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

1725  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

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 this day in history.   

1765  On August - 21 william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on August - 21.   

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

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 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 August - 21.   

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  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)