Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on this day in history.   

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  On August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

1281  On this day in history kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan   

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on August - 14.   

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

1395  On this day in history utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden   

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on August - 14.   

1498  Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on August - 14.   

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on August - 14.   

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

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on August - 14.   

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on August - 14.   

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  On August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru   

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on August - 14.   

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens   

1642  On August - 14 able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia   

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on this day in history.   

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

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

1678  On August - 14 battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on August - 14.   

1688  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1727  On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

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 August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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

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

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

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

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60