Page 3: Historical Events In August - 03

1860  Second Maori War begins on August - 03.   

1861  On this day in history first manned balloon from a ship used to observe Confederate artillery position at Hampton Roads, VA   

1861  Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas on August - 03.   

1863  On this day in history governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY   

1864  Battle of Mobile AL on this day in history.   

1867  Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) on this day in history.   

1871  On August - 03 vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)   

1872  Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) on this day in history.   

1873  Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) on this day in history.   

1874  On August - 03 eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)   

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

1878  Constantino Gaito, composer on August - 03.   

1881  On this day in history boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous   

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

1882  On this day in history congress passes 1st law restricting immigration   

1882  Charles O'Neill, composer on August - 03.   

1884  On this day in history louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)   

1885  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer on this day in history.   

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

1887  Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on August - 03.   

1890  On August - 03 louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76   

1892  On August - 03 oscar van Hemel, composer   

1894  On August - 03 harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit)   

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  Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history sally Benson, novelist   

1900  Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded on this day in history.   

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

1901  Bernard Reichel, composer on August - 03.   

1902  On this day in history habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)   

1902  August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54 on August - 03.   

1904  On August - 03 british journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa   

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

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 03.   

1808  On this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)   

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

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

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on August - 03.   

1460  On this day in history death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on August - 03.   

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on August - 03.   

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on August - 03.   

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

1621  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on August - 03.