Page 2: Historical Events In August - 05

1749  On August - 05 thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1763  Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run on August - 05.   

1772  On this day in history poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia.   

1772  1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia on this day in history.   

1775  First Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters Sab Francisco Bay on August - 05.   

1775  1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay on August - 05.   

1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1781  Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet on August - 05.   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on August - 05.   

1797  Friedrich August Kummer, composer on this day in history.   

1802  Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons) on this day in history.   

1812  War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat on August - 05.   

1813  Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general on this day in history.   

1815  Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) on August - 05.   

1822  On August - 05 johann Georg Herzog, composer   

1827  On this day in history deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)   

1828  On August - 05 giovanni Rossi, composer   

1829  On August - 05 heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer   

1830  On this day in history james A Healy, 1st black bishop in America   

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.   

1834  On August - 05 gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71   

1837  On this day in history 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY   

1843  James Scott Skinner, composer on this day in history.   

1845  On August - 05 in Australia's worst shipping disaster, 407 die when the Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island.   

1846  On August - 05 oregon country divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel   

1850  On August - 05 australia Government Act grants representative governments to South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, which is separated from New South Wales.   

1850  Anton Simon, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

1856  On August - 05 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

1858  First transatlantic telegraph cable laid on August - 05.   

1858  Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable on August - 05.   

1860  On this day in history carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.   

1860  Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history uS Army abolishes flogging   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61