Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On this day in history erachus becomes bishop of Luik   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1165  On August - 21 philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1192  On this day in history minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1321  160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake on August - 21.   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on August - 21.   

1567  On August - 21 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1583  On this day in history the Delight, with 85 persons aboard, founders on the banks of Sable Island; first Canadian shipwreck on record.   

1598  On August - 21 -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence   

1627  Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 on August - 21.   

1629  Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.   

1643  On August - 21 afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On this day in history hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  On August - 21 sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish   

1680  Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish on August - 21.   

1689  On this day in history the Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.   

1689  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1689  William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier on this day in history.   

1703  Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II on this day in history.   

1718  On August - 21 emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on this day in history.   

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  On August - 21 johann Georg Witthauer, composer   

1760  The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

1772  King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot on August - 21.   

1772  Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)