Page 2: Historical Events In August - 14

1740  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23) on August - 14.   

1742  On this day in history marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)   

1743  Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War on this day in history.   

1756  On August - 14 french capture Fort Oswego, NY   

1758  On this day in history battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed   

1758  On August - 14 carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer   

1762  English fleet occupies Havana on this day in history.   

1763  On August - 14 giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76   

1765  On this day in history mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)   

1769  Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer on this day in history.   

1777  Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law) on August - 14.   

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14.   

1782  Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies on August - 14.   

1784  First Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island on August - 14.   

1784  Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat on August - 14.   

1785  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  On August - 14 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

1790  Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela on August - 14.   

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 14 letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty)   

1810  Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer on this day in history.   

1813  British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history british warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus   

1814  Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on August - 14.   

1816  On this day in history great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha   

1820  1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1821  Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1823  On August - 14 karel Miry, composer   

1824  On this day in history general Lafayette returns to US   

1824  On this day in history william Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1825  Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out on August - 14.   

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on August - 14.   

1836  Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1599  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

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