Historical Events In August - 14
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 this day in history.
1167 Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.
1183 On August - 14 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).
1248 On August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
1281 Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on August - 14.
1385 On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence
1385 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.
1395 On August - 14 utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden
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 On this day in history columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela
1551 On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
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 August - 14.
1587 On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49
1597 On August - 14 cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
1598 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 on this day in history.
1624 Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.
1626 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on this day in history.
1636 On this day in history spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens
1642 On this day in history able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia
1642 On this day in history 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 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on this day in history.
1688 On August - 14 frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)
1714 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on this day in history.
1727 On this day in history henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
1727 On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48
1737 On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician
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