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  Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 03 battle of Mobile AL   

1867  Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) on August - 03.   

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 August - 03.   

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

1874  Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) on this day in history.   

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

1878  On August - 03 constantino Gaito, composer   

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

1882  On August - 03 congress passes first law restricting immigration   

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

1882  On August - 03 charles O'Neill, composer   

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

1885  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer on August - 03.   

1886  Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  Oscar van Hemel, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1898  Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper on August - 03.   

1899  On August - 03 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  Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87) on August - 03.   

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

1904  British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa on this day in history.   

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

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1509  On August - 03 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 August - 03.   

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

1801  Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) was born on August - 03.   

1808  On August - 03 birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)   

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  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.   

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

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 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.