Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On this day in history alaric sacks Rome   

0554  On August - 14 ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy   

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on August - 14.   

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

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

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on this day in history.   

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 this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on this day in history.   

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  On August - 14 daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

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 this day in history.   

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

1687  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1737  On August - 14 charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

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

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.   

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

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