Historical Events In August - 19
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
1831 Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1836 On August - 19 hMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores
1839 Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris on this day in history.
1839 On August - 19 oskar Brefeld, German botanist
1844 Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils) on August - 19.
1848 Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris) on August - 19.
1849 On August - 19 nY Herald reports gold discovery in California
1851 Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11) on August - 19.
1851 On August - 19 gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80
1858 On August - 19 edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)
1859 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) on this day in history.
1860 John Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait) on this day in history.
1861 Confederacy Congress allies with govt of MO on this day in history.
1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)
1871 On this day in history orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers)
1872 On August - 19 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63
1873 On this day in history fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)
1876 George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on August - 19.
1878 On this day in history manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42)
1881 On this day in history georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances)
1881 Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1883 On August - 19 the birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer
1885 On this day in history elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages)
1886 Robert Heger, composer on this day in history.
1888 First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins on this day in history.
1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins on August - 19.
1888 On August - 19 spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65
1889 On this day in history arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese
1889 On August - 19 jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60
1890 On August - 19 yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist
1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum on August - 19.
1892 Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1893 On this day in history alfred Lunt, Milwaukee WI, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965)
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