Historical Events Happened In August - 01

1910  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) on this day in history.  Share it »

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on this day in history.  Share it »

1911  On this day in history kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician  Share it »

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  Share it »

1912  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on this day in history.  Share it »

1913  On this day in history jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)  Share it »

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on Russia in WW I  Share it »

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.  Share it »

1914  On this day in history british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  Share it »

1914  Jack Delano, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on this day in history.  Share it »

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park established  Share it »

1916  Hawaii National Park forms on this day in history.  Share it »

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister  Share it »

1916  Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1917  On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana  Share it »

1917  On this day in history start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele  Share it »

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.  Share it »

1917  On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  Share it »

1918  On this day in history british troops enter Vladivostok  Share it »

1918  Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist on this day in history.  Share it »

1919  Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam on this day in history.  Share it »

1919  On this day in history stanley Middleton, novelist  Share it »

1920  On this day in history papendrecht soccer team forms  Share it »

1920  On this day in history jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright  Share it »

1920  On this day in history bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  Share it »

1921  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.  Share it »

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on this day in history.  Share it »

1922  On this day in history arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)  Share it »

1922  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72  Share it »

1923  On this day in history pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF  Share it »

1925  On this day in history shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies  Share it »

1925  John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  Share it »

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on this day in history.  Share it »

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  Share it »

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  Share it »

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  Share it »

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  Share it »

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  Share it »

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  Share it »

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  Share it »

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  Share it »

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.  Share it »

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  Share it »

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  Share it »

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)  Share it »