Historical Events In August - 03

1860  On this day in history 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 August - 03 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 this day in history.  

1872  Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) on August - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

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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  On August - 03 boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous  

1882  On August - 03 congress passes first law restricting immigration  

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 August - 03 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  Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1892  On August - 03 oscar van Hemel, composer  

1894  On this day in history 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  Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper on this day in history.  

1899  On August - 03 sally Benson, novelist  

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

1900  On August - 03 arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer  

1901  Bernard Reichel, composer on this day in history.  

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  British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa on this day in history.  

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

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

1645  On this day in history 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 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 August - 03.  

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on August - 03.  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.  

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

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

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

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)