Page 2: Historical Events In August - 14

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

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

1743  On August - 14 prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War   

1756  On August - 14 french capture Fort Oswego, NY   

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

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

1762  English fleet occupies Havana on August - 14.   

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

1765  Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) on this day in history.   

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

1777  Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law) on this day in history.   

1778  On August - 14 augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies   

1782  On August - 14 suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies   

1784  First Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island on this day in history.   

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

1785  On August - 14 john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on August - 14.   

1790  Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies   

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

1810  On this day in history samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer   

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

1813  British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus on August - 14.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out   

1833  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1836  On August - 14 walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen)   

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

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

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

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

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

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

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

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

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

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

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60