Historical Events
- Aug 17 Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against Kiyomori Taira who installed his grandson, Emperor Antoku, to the throne
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 6 Go-Toba, 82nd Emperor of Japan, born in Kyōto, Japan (d. 1239)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 11 William of Sens, French master builder and mason (built Canterbury Cathedral choir - 1st early Gothic architecture in England ), dies
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