Page 3: Historical Events In August - 03

1860  On August - 03 second Maori War begins   

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

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  On August - 03 battle of Mobile AL   

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

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

1872  On August - 03 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)   

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

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

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

1878  On August - 03 constantino Gaito, composer   

1881  Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history congress passes first law restricting immigration   

1882  On August - 03 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 this day in history.   

1885  On August - 03 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer   

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  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  On August - 03 george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69   

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

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

1899  Sally Benson, novelist on August - 03.   

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

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

1901  On this day in history bernard Reichel, composer   

1902  Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87) on this day in history.   

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 August - 03.   

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1509  On August - 03 birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)   

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

1692  On August - 03 birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)   

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

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  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on this day in history.   

0808  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)