Historical Events In August - 21

0959  On this day in history erachus becomes bishop of Luik   

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

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

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 21 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake   

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

1560  Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on this day in history.   

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  -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69   

1629  On August - 21 camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer on August - 21.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) on this day in history.   

1660  On August - 21 hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1673  Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet on this day in history.   

1673  Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer on this day in history.   

1689  On August - 21 william Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier   

1703  On August - 21 turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II   

1718  On this day in history emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on August - 21.   

1723  Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 on August - 21.   

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter on this day in history.   

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  On August - 21 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.   

1772  On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29   

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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  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

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

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

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  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

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

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)