Historical Events In August - 11
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
1748 On August - 11 joseph Schuster, composer
1757 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 on August - 11.
1772 The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general on August - 11.
1772 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general on August - 11.
1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement on August - 11.
1780 On this day in history barbados hurricane begins
1786 On August - 11 captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
1794 Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72 on August - 11.
1799 Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist on this day in history.
1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria on August - 11.
1805 Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament on August - 11.
1807 David R Atchison, pres of USA on March 3rd 1849 on August - 11.
1811 On August - 11 judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
1820 Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56 on August - 11.
1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe) on this day in history.
1824 New South Wales is constituted a Crown colony on this day in history.
1828 Edward Saloman, Gov (Union), died in 1909 on this day in history.
1832 Thomas Ogden Osbord, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 11.
1833 Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill) on this day in history.
1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal on this day in history.
1836 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician on this day in history.
1837 Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on August - 11.
1844 On this day in history jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
1852 On August - 11 nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70
1858 First ascent of the Eiger on this day in history.
1858 Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) on August - 11.
1860 On August - 11 nation's first successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1860 On August - 11 nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1860 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson etats de Normandie) on August - 11.
1860 On this day in history james Wilson, politician
1862 Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly) on this day in history.
1863 French protectorate over Cambodia is established on this day in history.
1863 Cambodia becomes French protectorate on August - 11.
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