Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On this day in history erachus becomes bishop of Luik   

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

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

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

1560  On August - 21 tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy   

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

1583  On August - 21 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  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on August - 21.   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.   

1643  On August - 21 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  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  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland on August - 21.   

1689  On August - 21 jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

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

1703  On this day in history turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  On August - 21 emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

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

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1725  On August - 21 jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer on this day in history.   

1760  On August - 21 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  On this day in history 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.   

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  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On August - 21 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

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

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

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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)