Historical Events In August - 05

1861  US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years   

1862  Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on August - 05.   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on August - 05.   

1864  Spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati on August - 05.   

1864  Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on this day in history.   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on August - 05.   

1868  On August - 05 oskar Merikanto, composer   

1874  On this day in history japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.   

1876  On August - 05 mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

1877  Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo on August - 05.   

1879  On August - 05 first game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights.   

1880  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) on August - 05.   

1882  Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US on August - 05.   

1882  Martial law is imposed in Japan on August - 05.   

1882  On August - 05 joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)   

1884  Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) on August - 05.   

1886  On this day in history oscar Espla, composer   

1887  On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)   

1888  On this day in history victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio)   

1889  On August - 05 conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1890  British & French accord to divide African colonization on this day in history.   

1890  Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) on August - 05.   

1891  On August - 05 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)   

1891  Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat) on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 05 henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.   

1899  Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.