Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome   

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on August - 14.   

0582  On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on this day in history.   

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  On this day in history battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

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

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1457  On August - 14 oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)   

1498  On this day in history columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela   

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

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

1559  On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla   

1585  On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands   

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

1597  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on August - 14.   

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

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.   

1714  On August - 14 claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter   

1727  On August - 14 henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)   

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

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

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

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.   

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  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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