Historical Events In August - 14

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

1742  Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris) on this day in history.   

1743  On this day in history prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War   

1756  French capture Fort Oswego, NY on August - 14.   

1758  Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed on August - 14.   

1758  Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

1762  On August - 14 english fleet occupies Havana   

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1769  On August - 14 friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer   

1777  On this day in history hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)   

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on this day in history.   

1782  Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies on this day in history.   

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

1784  On August - 14 francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat   

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

1788  On this day in history 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 August - 14.   

1802  Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty) on this day in history.   

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

1813  On August - 14 british warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus   

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

1814  On August - 14 henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1816  Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha on August - 14.   

1820  1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC on August - 14.   

1821  On August - 14 clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1823  On this day in history karel Miry, composer   

1824  On August - 14 general Lafayette returns to US   

1824  William Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on August - 14.   

1825  Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out on this day in history.   

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on August - 14.   

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

1836  On this day in history walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)   

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1297  On this day in history 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  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

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  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  On this day in history 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 August - 14 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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

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