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Aug 14 1297

Emperor Hanazono 95th Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)

Aug 14 1473

Margaret Pole 8th Countess of Salisbury daughter of George Duke of Clarence born in Farleigh Hungerford Castle Somerset England (d. 1541)

Aug 14 1479

Princess Catherine of York 9th child and sixth daughter of King Edward IV by his wife Elizabeth Woodville born in Eltham Palace Greenwich England (d. 1527)

Aug 14 1552

Fra Paolo Sarpi [Paulus Venetus] expertphilosopher

Aug 14 1586

William Hutchinson Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)

Aug 14 1599

Mric Casaubon English classical scholar (d. 1671)

Aug 14 1625

Franois de Harlay de Champvallon Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)

Aug 14 1626

Daniel Elsevier book publisher born in Leiden Zuid-Holland Netherland (d. 1680)

Aug 14 1642

Cosimo III de Medici monarch of Florence (1670-1723)

Aug 14 1653

Christopher Monck 2nd Duke of Albemarle English statesman (d. 1688)

Aug 14 1687

Johan Willem Friso prince of Orangeruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]

Aug 14 1688

Frederik Willem I king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)

Aug 14 1727

Henriette-Anne of France daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1752)

Aug 14 1727

Louise-Elisabeth of France daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)

Aug 14 1740

Pius VII [Luigi B Chiaramonti] bishop of ImolaPope (1800-23)

Aug 14 1742

Marie Allard French ballerina (Auguste Vestris)

Aug 14 1758

Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet French painterlithographer

Aug 14 1784

Francesco Capaccini Italian cardinal and diplomat born in Rome (d. 1845)

Aug 14 1802

Letitia Elizabeth Landon England poet (Heaths Book of Beauty)

Aug 14 1814

Henry Hayes Lockwood American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Kent County Delaware (d. 1899)

Aug 14 1817

Alexander H. Bailey American politician (d. 1874)

Aug 14 1821

Clement Hoffman Rock Stevens Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

Aug 14 1823

Karel Miry Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw) born in Ghent (d. 1889)

Aug 14 1824

William Terry Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1888)

Aug 14 1836

Walter Besant English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen) born in Portsmouth Hampshire (d. 1901)

Aug 14 1840

Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing psychiatrist

Aug 14 1842

Henry Duff Traill British author and journalist (The Marquis of Salisbury) born in Blackheath London (d. 1900)

Aug 14 1847

Robert Comtesse member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)

Aug 14 1850

Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire Dutch actor (Inkwartiering Kloris & Roses) born in Dordrecht Zuid-Holland Nederland (d. 1921)

Aug 14 1860

Ernest T. Seton naturalist painter and author (Buffalo Wind-1938) born in South Shields Durham England (d. 1946)

Aug 14 1861

Bion J. Arnold American electrical engineer and inventor born in Casnovia Michigan (d. 1942)

Aug 14 1863

Ernest Thayer American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem Casey born in Lawrence Massachusetts (d. 1940)

Aug 14 1865

Guido Castelnuovo Italian mathematician born in Venice (d. 1952)

Aug 14 1183 Taira no Munemori and Taira clan take young Emperor Antoku and 3 sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape Minamoto clan (Traditional Japanese date 25th Day of the 7th Month of the 2nd Year of Juei).

Aug 14 1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota retain independence

Aug 14 1395 Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden

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