Historical Events In August - 03

1860  Second Maori War begins on August - 03.  

1861  On August - 03 first manned balloon from a ship used to observe Confederate artillery position at Hampton Roads, VA  

1861  On this day in history federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas  

1863  On August - 03 governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY  

1864  Battle of Mobile AL on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)  

1871  On this day in history vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)  

1872  On this day in history haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)  

1873  On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)  

1874  Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) on August - 03.  

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1877  On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

1878  Constantino Gaito, composer on August - 03.  

1881  Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous on August - 03.  

1882  On August - 03 congress passes first law restricting immigration  

1882  Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration on this day in history.  

1882  On August - 03 charles O'Neill, composer  

1884  Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) on August - 03.  

1885  On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer  

1886  Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 on August - 03.  

1887  On August - 03 rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)  

1890  Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1892  Oscar van Hemel, composer on this day in history.  

1894  Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) on August - 03.  

1894  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 on August - 03.  

1897  John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC on August - 03.  

1898  On this day in history brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper  

1899  Sally Benson, novelist on this day in history.  

1900  On August - 03 firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.  

1900  Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer on August - 03.  

1901  Bernard Reichel, composer on this day in history.  

1902  On August - 03 habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)  

1902  On August - 03 august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54  

1904  British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa on August - 03.  

1904  Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station) on August - 03.  

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

1645  On August - 03 birth of august Kuhnel, composer  

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.  

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

1770  On August - 03 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 August - 03.  

1811  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

0808  On August - 03 p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China  

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

1460  On August - 03 death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)  

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

1530  On this day in history philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies  

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

1604  Death of Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander on this day in history.  

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