Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.   

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on this day in history.   

0582  On this day in history tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

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  On August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on this day in history.   

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on August - 14.   

1385  On August - 14 battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1551  On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

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

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on this day in history.   

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

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1598  On this day in history 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   

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.   

1626  On this day in history daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens   

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on August - 14.   

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

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

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1727  Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752) on this day in history.   

1727  On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.