Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.   

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

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

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

1183  On this day in history 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 this day in history portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

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

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on this day in history.   

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

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on this day in history.   

1498  On August - 14 columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela   

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

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 August - 14 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 August - 14.   

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  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)   

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

1675  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

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 this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter   

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

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.   

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history 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 August - 14 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

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