Events & Holidays In August - 03

Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Fiesta de la Colmena (Spain)

Independence Day (Niger)

Martyr's Day (Guinea)

Motupe (Peru)

National Flag Day (Venezuela)

Pidjiguiti Martyrs' Day (Guinea Bissau)

Special Holiday Makiri-Ulawa Province (Solomon Islands)

1509  On this day in history birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  On this day in history birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)  

1748  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)  

1801  Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) was born on this day in history.  

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on this day in history.  

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history.  

1387  On this day in history olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)  

1604  On this day in history death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander  

1621  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)