Historical Events In August - 03

1860  On August - 03 second Maori War begins  

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  Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY on August - 03.  

1864  On August - 03 battle of Mobile AL  

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

1871  Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) on August - 03.  

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

1873  Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) on August - 03.  

1874  On this day in history eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)  

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1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1878  On this day in history constantino Gaito, composer  

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

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

1882  Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration on August - 03.  

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 August - 03.  

1886  On August - 03 per August Olander, composer, dies at 62  

1887  Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1898  On August - 03 brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper  

1899  On August - 03 sally Benson, novelist  

1900  On this day in history firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.  

1900  On this day in history arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer  

1901  Bernard Reichel, composer on this day in history.  

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

1902  August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1904  Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station) on this day in history.  

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on August - 03.  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.  

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.  

1748  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on August - 03.  

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

1801  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on August - 03.  

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

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

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  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on this day in history.