Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On August - 21 erachus becomes bishop of Luik   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) on this day in history.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1192  On this day in history minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)   

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

1321  On this day in history 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake   

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on this day in history.   

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

1583  On this day in history the Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record.   

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

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

1629  On August - 21 camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies   

1642  On this day in history johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

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

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building on this day in history.   

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on August - 21.   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1680  Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish on August - 21.   

1680  Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish on this day in history.   

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

1689  On August - 21 jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1689  On this day in history william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier   

1703  On this day in history turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  On August - 21 emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

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 this day in history.   

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  William IV, king of England (1830-37) on this day in history.   

1772  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 on August - 21.   

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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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 August - 21.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

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

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

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  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)