Historical Events In August - 21

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) on this day in history.   

1785  Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies on August - 21.   

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician on this day in history.   

1796  Mississauga Chief Wabakinine, protecting his sister from a British soldier, is struck on the head with a rock and killed; his wife is also seriously injured on August - 21.   

1798  On this day in history jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)   

1798  On August - 21 corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62   

1801  On this day in history guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

1806  On August - 21 johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

1808  Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War on August - 21.   

1809  Francesco Schira, composer on August - 21.   

1810  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates on this day in history.   

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67   

1816  Quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!! on this day in history.   

1821  Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances on August - 21.   

1821  On this day in history william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1824  On August - 21 john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1824  On August - 21 john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70   

1825  On this day in history kate Fanny Loder, composer   

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)   

1838  On this day in history a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57   

1841  John Hampson patents venetian blind on this day in history.   

1841  On August - 21 the Venetian blind is patented by John Hampton of New Orleans, but he didn't tell us how to clean them!   

1841  John Hampton patents venetian blind on this day in history.   

1842  The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded on this day in history.   

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader on this day in history.   

1852  Tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.   

1852  On this day in history benedetto Junck, composer   

1856  On this day in history america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)   

1856  On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

1857  On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

1857  On August - 21 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)