Historical Events In August - 06
Monday, 08 March 2021
1824 On August - 06 battle at Junan
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru on this day in history.
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) on August - 06.
1828 Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.
1845 The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg on this day in history.
1845 Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist on August - 06.
1848 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on August - 06.
1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.
1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act on this day in history.
1858 On August - 06 albert Fuchs, composer
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on this day in history.
1861 On August - 06 lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state
1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt on August - 06.
1862 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on August - 06.
1862 Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.
1862 On August - 06 francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71
1864 On August - 06 rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1866 Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) on August - 06.
1868 Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on August - 06.
1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature on this day in history.
1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France on August - 06.
1871 On August - 06 emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 John Wesley Work, composer on this day in history.
1875 On August - 06 marcel Labey, composer
1879 On this day in history joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
1881 On this day in history alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
1882 Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party) on this day in history.
1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
1886 On August - 06 edward Ballantine, composer
1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on August - 06.
1889 On this day in history london's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths
1890 Cy Young pitches &wins 1st game on this day in history.
1890 On August - 06 first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
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