Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.   

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on this day in history.   

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

1248  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on August - 14.   

1281  On August - 14 kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan   

1385  On this day in history portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.   

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.   

1433  On this day in history 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  Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on August - 14.   

1551  On this day in history turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

1552  On August - 14 fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1559  On August - 14 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 this day in history 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 August - 14 daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on this day in history.   

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

1642  On August - 14 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)   

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.   

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

1687  On August - 14 johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]   

1688  On this day in history frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)   

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

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

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

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

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.   

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  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.   

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

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