Historical Events In August - 21

0959  Erachus becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1165  On August - 21 philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1192  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on August - 21.   

1567  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1583  The Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record on August - 21.   

1598  -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence on August - 21.   

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1642  On August - 21 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) on this day in history.   

1660  On August - 21 hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish   

1689  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland on August - 21.   

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on this day in history.   

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

1703  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on this day in history.   

1718  Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty on August - 21.   

1721  On this day in history lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

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 August - 21.   

1760  The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city on August - 21.   

1765  On August - 21 william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

1772  On August - 21 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 August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

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  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.