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  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 August - 03.   

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

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

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

1873  On August - 03 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

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

1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on August - 03.   

1878  Constantino Gaito, composer on August - 03.   

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

1882  Congress passes first law restricting immigration on August - 03.   

1882  On August - 03 congress passes 1st law restricting immigration   

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

1884  Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer   

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

1887  On this day in history rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)   

1890  On this day in history louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76   

1892  On August - 03 oscar van Hemel, composer   

1894  Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69   

1897  John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

1899  Sally Benson, novelist on August - 03.   

1900  Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded on August - 03.   

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

1901  Bernard Reichel, composer on August - 03.   

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

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

1904  On this day in history british journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa   

1904  On this day in history 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 August - 03.   

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

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

1748  On August - 03 birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer   

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.   

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)   

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

1811  On August - 03 birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)   

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

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

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

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

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

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