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August 27 in history

213 sourced entries recorded on August 27, from 479 BCE to 2022 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 479 BCEThe Battle of Plataea in Boeotia ends the Persian invasions of Greece as the Persian general Mardonius is routed by the Greeks under Pausanias, nephew of the former Spartan King, Leonidas I. The Athenian contingent is led by the repatriated Aristides. Mardonius is killed in the battle and the Greeks capture enormous amounts of loot. Thebes is captured shortly thereafter and the Theban collaborators executed by Pausanias.source
  • 479 BCEMeanwhile at sea, the Persians are defeated by a Greek fleet headed by Leotychidas of Sparta and Xanthippus of Athens in the Battle of Mycale, on the coast of Ionia in Asia Minor.source
  • 914Hubasa captures Alexandria, after a victorious encounter with Egyptian troops near al-Hanniyya (modern-day El Alamein). The Abbasid governor Takin al-Khazari refuses to surrender and asks for reinforcements, which reach him in September. Shortly after al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah enters Alexandria, with the rest of his army.source
  • 1024August 27 (17 Jumada II 415) – The Cairo Canal is opened in Fatimid Egypt in a ceremony that includes the Caliph al-Zahir.source
  • 1105Battle of Ramla: The Crusaders under King Baldwin I defeat a Fatimid expeditionary force (some 15,000 men) at Ramla. Baldwin pillages the enemy camp – but does not further pursue the Fatimids. The battle ends in the last large-scale attempt of the Fatimids to reconquer Palestine.source
  • 1232The Goseibai Shikimoku code of law is promulgated.source
  • 1300Robert Winchelsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, arrives at Sweetheart Abbey in Scotland with the papal envoy Lumbardus, to deliver a letter from Boniface VIII to England's King Edward I demanding that Edward withdraw from the Kingdom of Scotland. Edward ignores the letter, but because the campaign is not a success, the English forces begin on their home journey and Edward arranges a truce.source
  • 1301Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is crowned as King of Hungary under the regnal name King Vencel, receiving the Crown of Saint Stephen in a ceremony at Székesfehérvár.source
  • 1310The third coronation of Károly Róbert I (Charles I) as King of Hungary is carried out at Székesfehérvár by Thomas II, Archbishop of Esztergom after the Archbishop successfully negotiates the return of the Crown of Saint Stephen from Ladislaus Kán. Use of the Holy Crown had been required by Hungarian law for recognition by the nobles of Hungary.source
  • 1312In France, Jean III, nicknamed "John the Good" becomes the new Duke of Brittany upon the death of his father, Arthur II.source
  • 1322August 27 (Genkō 2, 16th day of 8th month) – Japanese historian Kokan Shiren completes his work, the Genkyo Shakusho, the oldest existing account of the development of Buddhism in Japan.source
  • 1326Queen Isabella of France draws up a marriage contract between the 13-year-old Prince Edward of England (the future Edward III) and Philippa of Hainault, guaranteeing that the wedding will take place within two years (which it does).source
  • 1353War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war – Battle of Alghero: The allied Aragonese and Venetian fleets crush the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.source
  • 1374In France, after 14 years as territory of the Kingdom of England, the village of Martel, Lot is retaken by Bertrand du Guesclin, "The Eagle of Brittany".source
  • 1383(End of Tawthalin 745 ME) Queen Maha Devi gives word to the army of Hanthawaddy that she will suppress the rebellion by Prince Binnya Nwe, with an attack to be launched at the end of Burma's rainy season.source
  • 1388Battle of Bileća: The Bosnians check the Ottoman advance.source
  • 1489In Morocco, Portugal's fortress at Graciosa falls to the troops of the Moroccan Sultan Muhammad al-Wattasi after a six week siege.source
  • 1501Battle of the Siritsa River: The Livonian Order, supporting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War, and commanded by Wolter von Plettenberg, defeats an army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Pskov Republic.source
  • 1507A fleet of 11 ships from the Portuguese Navy's 8th Armada arrives in India and rescues the Portuguese defenders of the fort of Saint Angelo from the attack by the Kingdom of Cannanore.source
  • 1522The Knights' War erupts within the Holy Roman Empire as Franz von Sickingen leads a revolt against the Prince-Bishop of Trier and to seize the church properties within the Electorate of Triersource
  • 1542Citizens of Hildesheim in the Holy Roman Empire profess themselves to the Lutheran teachings, thus joining the Schmalkaldic League. As a pledge owner, the city provides for the carrying out of the Protestant Reformation in the city and Peine. Priests from the localities of Clauen, Hohenhameln, Soßmar, Schmedenstedt, Lengede and Rosenthal resume their offices in the interest of the Reformation.source
  • 1549At the Battle of Dussindale in England, Kett's Rebellion is ended by troops led by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland.source
  • 1556Charles V abdicates his position as Holy Roman Emperor in favor of his younger brother, Ferdinand, King of the Romans. The Imperial Diet postpones recognizing the abdication for the next 18 months.source
  • 1557Battle of St. Quentin: French forces under Marshal Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of Montmorency are decisively defeated by the Spanish and English under Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, after a 17-day battle. Montmorency himself is captured, but Philip II refuses to press his advantage, and withdraws to the Netherlands.source
  • 1560The Scottish Reformation Parliament adopts the Protestant Scots Confession of faith.source
  • 1569The Grand Duchy of Tuscany is formed.source
  • 1573Oda Nobunaga drives the 15th Ashikaga shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of Kyoto, effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate, and historically ending the Muromachi and Sengoku periods. The Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japan begins.source
  • 1587Governor John White leaves the Roanoke Colony to get more supplies from England.source
  • 1593Pierre Barrière attempts to assassinate the king at Melun; he is denounced by Séraphin Banchi, the Dominican priest to whom he confesses, arrested and on August 31 executed on the breaking wheel and suffers dismemberment.source
  • 1611The Novgorodians send a letter to Charles IX, placing themselves under his protection and asking to be ruled by one of his sons.source
  • 1626Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lutter – Tilly defeats King Christian IV of Denmark's army.source
  • 1626The Battle of Lutter.source
  • 1645eighteen suspected witches hanged following the Bury St. Edmunds witch trial.source
  • 1648Second English Civil War: Thomas Fairfax takes Colchester for Parliament.source
  • 1656The Treaty of Butre is signed in West Africa by representatives of the Dutch West India Company and of the Ahanta Kingdom and allows the Netherlands to have a protectorate over the Dutch Gold Coast. The area is now part of the Republic of Ghana.source
  • 1659Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira sign the Treaty of the Mapuá with various indigenous peoples on the Marajó Archipelago at the mouth of the Amazon River.source
  • 1660the books of John Milton are burnt because of his attacks on King Charles II.source
  • 1664The French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes Orientales) is founded.source
  • 1665Ye Bare & Ye Cubbe, the first play in English in the American colonies, is given its first performance. The presentation takes place at Cowles Tavern in Pungoteague, Virginia. The event is documented in 1958 in a historical marker with the heading "The Bear and the Cub" which says "This first play recorded in the United States was presented August 27, 1665. The Accomack County Court at Pungoteague heard charges against three men 'for acting a play,' ordered inspection of costumes and script, but found the men 'not guilty.'"source
  • 1675The Strasbourg Agreement, first international agreement to ban use of chemical weaponssource
  • 1688The funding of the armed invasion of William III in England causes a financial crisis in the Dutch Republic.source
  • 1689China and Russia sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk.source
  • 1689Schomberg captures Carrickfergus after several days of siege and begins to march unopposed to Dundalk where he establishes Dundalk Camp. Here he is faced by Jacobite forces led by the Earl of Tyrconnell, but the two sides do not come to battle before Schomberg retires to winter quarters in Lisburn.source
  • 1691In Scotland, King William offers the Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite rising of 1689 if they agree to pledge allegiance to him before New Year's Day.source
  • 1695Parliament of Ireland opens. Robert Rochfort is elected Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.source
  • 1707Charles XII of Sweden launches his campaign to conquer Russia, marching to the east from Altranstädt with 60,000 coalition troops. Another 16,000 soldiers are waiting on the outskirts of Riga, guarding the Swedish supply lines.source
  • 1725At least 216 people die in the sinking of the Chameau, a ship of the French Navy, after the vessel is driven by a storm into rocks off of the coast of Nova Scotia. Reportedly, 180 bodies wash ashore near Louisbourg. The ship's cargo, which included a fortune in gold and silver coins, is discovered 240 years later in 1965.source
  • 1725French ship Chameau sank near Louisbourg.source
  • 1733The first vessel of the Swedish East India Company return to Gothenburg in Sweden from China.source
  • 1742George Anson, captain of HMS Centurion, arrives with his seriously ill crew at the island of Tinian (now U.S. territory as one of the Northern Mariana Islands) and saves his mission.source
  • 1742George Anson, captain of HMS Centurion, arrives with his seriously ill crew at the island of Tinian (in the Northern Mariana Islands).source
  • 1743Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
  • 1743Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister, following the death of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, on 2 July.source
  • 1758August 26–28 - Battle of Fort Frontenac: Colonel John Bradstreet, with nearly 3,000 men, mostly colonial militia, takes and burns Fort Frontenac, (present-day Kingston).source
  • 1758Seven Years' War – British troops under the command of Colonel John Bradstreet capture Fort Frontenac (near the site of what is now Kingston, Ontario) from the French.source
  • 1768Almost all merchants and traders in the British colony of New York sign a pact not to import British manufactured goods as long as the Townshend Acts are in effect, nor to do business with nonassociators to the pact.source
  • 1776American Revolution: Battle of Long Island – George Washington's troops are defeated in Brooklyn by the British, under William Howe.source
  • 1783Jacques Charles and Les Frères Robert launch the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, Le Globe, in Paris.source
  • 1787Launching a 45 ft steam powered craft on the Delaware River, John Fitch demonstrates the first U.S. patent for his design.source
  • 1788The trial of Deacon William Brodie for burglary begins in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is sentenced to death by hanging.source
  • 1788trial of William Brodie begins in Edinburgh. He is sentenced to death by hanging.source
  • 1791Declaration of Pillnitz: A proclamation by Frederick William II of Prussia and the Habsburg Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, affirms their wish to "put the King of France in a state to strengthen the bases of monarchic government."source
  • 1791Third Anglo-Mysore War: Battle of Tellicherry – Off the south-west coast of India, a British Royal Navy patrol forces a French convoy bound for Mysore to surrender.source
  • 1791Battle of Tellicherry (Third Anglo-Mysore War) off the south-west coast of India: a Royal Navy patrol forces a French convoy bound for Mysore to surrender.source
  • 1799War of the Second Coalition: Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland – Britain and Russia send an expedition to the Batavian Republic.source
  • 1802West India Docks, first commercial docks in London, open.source
  • 1805Napoleon orders the Grande Armée ("The Great Army") of some 165,000 men to march to the Rhine River to deal with the Austrian and Russian threats on the frontier. The French army is organized into seven corps and is supported by 36–40 cannons each. Napoleon orders Marshal Joachim Murat with his I Cavalry Corps (some 20,000 men), to make feint attacks through the Black Forest in south-west Germany.source
  • 1810August 20–27 – Battle of Grand Port: The French defeat a Royal Navy frigate squadron attempting to blockade a harbour on Isle de France (Mauritius).source
  • 1810Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida: French forces under André Masséna capture the fortified city of Almeida before the advance toward Lisbon.source
  • 1813August 26–27 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Dresden: Napoleon's troops are victorious.source
  • 1816Bombardment of Algiers: An Anglo-Dutch fleet forces Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers to free Christian slaves.source
  • 1828In South America, the Empire of Brazil and United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (modern-day Argentina) recognize the independence of Uruguay, causing the end of the Cisplatine War. Simón Bolívar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia.source
  • 1832Black Hawk (Sauk leader) surrenders to the United States authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.source
  • 1841Rufus River massacre.source
  • 1847Hong Xiuquan returned to the Thistle Mountains from Hua County, the God Worshipers numbered over 2,000. At this time, most God Worshippers were peasants and miners.source
  • 1854English lawyer Alfred Wills and party set out for the first ascent of the Wetterhorn in Switzerland, regarded as the start of the "golden age of alpinism".source
  • 1854Alfred Wills ascends the Wetterhorn, starting the golden age of alpinismsource
  • 1854Alfred Wills and party set out for the first ascent of the Wetterhorn in Switzerland, regarded as the start of the "golden age of alpinism".source
  • 1855Jacobus Boshoff becomes the 2nd president of the Orange Free Statesource
  • 1859Catharine Hermine Kølle, adventurer and painter (born 1788)source
  • 1859Edwin Drake drills the first oil well in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, starting the Pennsylvania oil rush.source
  • 1861Martin Doyle is the last person executed in Britain for attempted murder.source
  • 1861last execution in Britain for attempted murder – Martin Doyle in Chester.source
  • 1863August 27–29 – Astronomische Gesellschaft in Heidelberg is founded, the world's second oldest astronomical society.source
  • 1866Antwerp city council makes Dutch the official language of city business.source
  • 1869The University of Oxford wins the first international boat race held on the River Thames, against Harvard University.source
  • 1870John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.source
  • 1870White Star's first ocean liner RMS Oceanic is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.source
  • 18703 September: Second visit by Prince Alfred, returning briefly to Wellington before departing for Sydney.source
  • 1881the Sunday Closing (Wales) Act prohibits the sale of alcohol in Wales on a Sunday. This is the first act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Great Britain or England since the 1542 Act of Union between England and Wales whose application is restricted to Wales.source
  • 1881The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act prohibits the sale of alcohol on a Sunday. This is the first Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom since the 1542 Act of Union whose application is restricted to Wales.source
  • 1881The fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700.source
  • 1881The fifth hurricane of the 1881 Atlantic hurricane season hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700.source
  • 1883August 26–27 – 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: The volcanic island of Krakatoa erupts at 10:02 am (local time); 163 villages are destroyed, 36,417 killed by tsunami.source
  • 1891France and Russia conclude a defensive alliance.source
  • 1893The Sea Islands hurricane hits Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands, killing 1,000–2,000.source
  • 1893The Sea Islands Hurricane hits Savannah, Charleston, and the Sea Islands, killing 1,000–2,000.source
  • 1896Britain establishes a Protectorate over the Ashanti people concluding the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War.source
  • 1896The shortest war in recorded history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, starts at 9:00 in the morning, and lasts for 45 minutes of shelling.source
  • 1907August 24–31 – The International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam meets in the Netherlands.source
  • 1911CSKA Moscow, a professional multi-sports club in Russia, is officially founded.source
  • 1914August 26–30 – Battle of Tannenberg: The Russian Second Army is surrounded and defeated.source
  • 1914August 26–27 – Battle of Le Cateau: British, French, and Belgian forces make a successful tactical retreat from the German advance.source
  • 1916Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary. The Romanian Army begins an offensive in Transylvania.source
  • 1918Battle of Ambos Nogalessource
  • 1928The Kellogg–Briand Pact is signed in Paris, the first treaty to outlaw aggressive war.source
  • 1930A military junta takes over in Peru.source
  • 1933opening of Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Basesource
  • 1939A Heinkel He 178, the first turbojet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time, with Captain Erich Warsitz in command.source
  • 1947The French government lowers the daily bread ration to 200 grams, causing riots in Verdun and Le Mans.source
  • 1948Whittaker Chambers states that Alger Hiss was a communist on Meet the Press radio.source
  • 1950August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economysource
  • 1952Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg: Germany will pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks.source
  • 1955The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London.source
  • 1962NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe.source
  • 1964August 24–27 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City nominates incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson for a full term, and U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as his running mate.source
  • 1964Walt Disney's Mary Poppins has its world premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including a Best Actress for Julie Andrews. It is the first Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture.source
  • 1965The National Mosque of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur was officially opened.source
  • 1968August 22–30 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests: Police clash with anti-Vietnam War protesters in Chicago outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which nominates Hubert Humphrey for U.S. president and Edmund Muskie for vice president. The riots and subsequent trials are an essential part of the activism of the Youth International Party.source
  • 1981North Korea fires a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flying in South Korean and international airspace. The missile misses and the airplane is unharmed.source
  • 1983August 23–29: Hurricane Barry.source
  • 1984Fininvest buys Rete 4 television channel.source
  • 1985The inauguration of Keelung City Cultural Center in Keelung.source
  • 1992abolition of the People's Republic of Angola and creation of the Republic of Angolasource
  • 1993The Party for Democracy and Rally was founded by Daouda Bayili of the African Independence Party.source
  • 1998United Nations Security Council Resolution 1192 is issued, stating that the sanctions in place against Libya since 1992 would be lifted if a tentative plan to try the suspects in the bombings of Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772 is followed through upon.source
  • 2001A U.S. Military RQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle failed to return from a routine reconnaissance mission, Iraq claims to have shot it down.source
  • 2001Abu Ali Mustafa, 63 Palestinian politician, member of the PLO executive.source
  • 2001Moldova celebrated the 10th anniversary of independence.source
  • 2002August 26–September 4 – Earth Summit 2002 takes places in Johannesburg, South Africa, aimed at discussing sustainable development by the United Nations.source
  • 2002August 22–September 4 – Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.source
  • 2003The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.source
  • 2003Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60,000 years.source
  • 2006Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, killing all 47 passengers and two of three crew members.source
  • 2007Pending arbitration by the International Trade Union Confederation, Chadian Union leaders suspend a strike by the country's civil servants which has disrupted public schools and hospitals since its beginning in May.source
  • 2010North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made a second state visit to China.source
  • 2011August 20–28 – Libyan rebels take control of the capital Tripoli, effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi.source
  • 2016The Chahed Cabinet led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed is formed.source
  • 2017The 2017 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol Final (Club Atlético Pantoja vs Atlántico FC) is held in Santo Domingo, Atlántico wins after a penalty shoot-out.source
  • 2017August 25–30 – Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 108 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $125 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history, tied with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.source
  • 2020Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, making it the strongest hurricane to ever strike the state in terms of windspeed, tied with the 1856 Last Island Hurricane.source
  • 2021The United States launches an airstrike that it claims killed the Islamic State member who was believed to have planned the Kabul airport bombings. However, the U.S. Defense Department later acknowledged that the strike instead killed ten civilians, including seven children, and that no terrorists were killed.source
  • 2021August 24–September 5 – The 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 25 August–6 September 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
  • 2022September 11 – The 2022 Asia Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates, and is won by Sri Lanka.source

Births

  • 1407Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (died 1425)source
  • 1471George, Duke of Saxony (died 1539)source
  • 1487Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein (died 1514)source
  • 1512Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (died 1564)source
  • 1542John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (died 1600)source
  • 1545Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1592)source
  • 1624Koxinga, Chinese military leader (died 1662)source
  • 1637Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Colonial governor of Maryland (died 1715)source
  • 1665John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died 1751)source
  • 1669Anne Marie d'Orléans, Queen of Sicily and Sardinia (died 1728)source
  • 1677Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (died 1748)source
  • 1714Angélique du Coudray, pioneering French midwife (died 1794)source
  • 1730Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (died 1788)source
  • 1770Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (died 1831)source
  • 1781Finnur Magnússon, secret archivist and antiquariansource
  • 1822William Hayden English, American politician (died 1896)source
  • 1908Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (died 2001)source
  • 1908Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (died 1973)source
  • 1928Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (died 2023)source
  • 1976Mark Webber, Australian racing driversource
  • 1986Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austriasource

Deaths

  • 479 BCEMardonius, Persian general (killed in the Battle of Plataea)source
  • 345Narnus, Roman Catholic bishop and saintsource
  • 542Caesarius, bishop of Arlessource
  • 749Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Muslim generalsource
  • 827Pope Eugene II dies after a 3-year reign, and is succeeded by Valentine as the 100th pope of the Catholic Church.source
  • 827Eugene II, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 923Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empresssource
  • 1075Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, Japanese nobleman (born 988)source
  • 1146Eric III, king of Denmark (House of Estridsen)source
  • 1150Guarinus of Sitten, French bishop (born 1065)source
  • 1208Irene Angelina, queen consort of Sicily and Germanysource
  • 1208Queen Irene Angelina dies in childbirth after the death of her husband Philip of Swabia at Hohenstaufen Castle, leaving four daughters: Beatrice, Maria, Kunigunde and Elisabeth.source
  • 1237Al-Ashraf becomes dangerously ill and dies after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother As-Salih Ismail – who defends Damascus against his elder brother Al-Kamil, Ayyubid ruler of Egypt. In October, Ismail has the suburbs burnt to prevent the Egyptian forces from shelter.source
  • 1237Al-Ashraf Musa, Ayyubid ruler of Damascussource
  • 1255Little Saint Hugh, English Jewish boy (born 1246)source
  • 1285William de Wickwane, English cleric and archbishopsource
  • 1394Emperor Chōkei of Japan (born 1343)source
  • 1428John I of Münsterberg, Duke of Ziebice (born 1370)source
  • 1450Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (born 1395)source
  • 1459James of Portugal, Portuguese cardinal (born 1433)source
  • 1518Joan of Naples, queen consort of Naples (born 1478)source
  • 1521Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (born c. 1450)source
  • 1532Gilbert Nicolas, Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor (born c. 1462)source
  • 1576Titian, Italian painter (born c. 1489)source
  • 1590Pope Sixtus V (born 1521)source
  • 1590Pope Sixtus V dies after serving for five years, and a new papal conclave is organized, to start on September 7 at the Apostolic Palace in Rome.source
  • 1597Wŏn Kyun, Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (born 1540)source
  • 1600Mizuno Tadashige, Japanese nobleman (born 1541)source
  • 1611Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born c. 1548)source
  • 1627Francesco Maria del Monte, Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1549)source
  • 1635Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1562)source
  • 1638Tayyar Mehmed Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire after Bayram Pasha dies while fighting in Baghdad.source
  • 1647Pietro Novelli, Italian painter (born 1603)source
  • 1664Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (born 1598)source
  • 1748James Thomson, Scottish poet (born 1700)source
  • 1758Barbara of Portugal, Princess of Portugal and Queen of Spain (born 1711)source
  • 1782John Laurens, American soldier (born 1754)source
  • 1787Charles DeWitt, planter and member of the landed gentry of late colonial Virginia (born 1727)source
  • 1852Táhirih, influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.source
  • 1919South African Prime Minister Louis Botha dies in office of 'Spanish flu'.source
  • 1948Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States, 1916 Republican presidential candidate (born 1862)source
  • 1958Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)source
  • 1963W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights activist (born 1868)source
  • 1965Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (born 1887)source
  • 1975Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1892)source
  • 1979The Troubles: Lord Mountbatten of Burma and two others are killed in a bombing on his boat in the Republic of Ireland by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Mountbatten was a British fleet admiral, statesman and an uncle of The Duke of Edinburgh. On the same day, the Warrenpoint ambush occurs, killing 18 British soldiers. Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne would die in a hospital the following day from injuries sustained in the bombing.source
  • 1979Louis Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten, 79, British naval admiral and royal, bomb explosion.source
  • 1992August 24–28 – Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida and Louisiana and dissipates over the Tennessee valley when it merges with a storm system; 23 are killed.source