On This Day in History for August 21
Events in History
- 959 Erachus becomes bishop of Luik
- 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
- 1264 Kublai Khan accepts the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke at Xanadu, at the end of the Mongol civil war
- 1321 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
- 1541 Ottoman Turks under Suleiman the Magnificent capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom and go on to dominate central Hungary for 150 years
- 1560 Future Danish astronomer 14-year-old Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy after observing a solar eclipse
- 1573 Spain begin siege of Alkmaar in the Netherlands
- 1598 -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence
- More Events in History
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Claude Grahame-White
Bugs Moran
Sergey Brin
Amy FisherWeddings in History
- 1745 Future Russian Tsar Peter III marries Ekaterina Alexeievna later Catherine II (Catherine the Great)
- 1869 Business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt marries second wife and cousin Frank Armstrong Crawford in London, Ontario
- 1929 Painter Diego Rivera (42) weds fellow artist Frida Kahlo (22)
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Elizabeth Báthory
Leon Trotsky
Palmiro TogliattiAugust in History
Fighter Pilot Shows Mercy
Compassion was not expected of a fighter pilot in the Second World War but it was just that quality that saved the lives of a struggling American bomber crew.
August 21, 1915
Burroughs' Adding Machine
Patent drawing for Burroughs's calculating machine, 1888
August 21, 1888
Thomas Cromwell Backs The Wrong Horse
Thomas Cromwell became chief advisor to King Henry VIII and led the hunt for a new royal wife. Unfortunately for him he championed the cause of Anne of Cleves.
August 22, 1540
First Geneva Convention
Major European powers sign the first-ever Geneva Convention
August 22, 1864