Page 2: Historical Events In August - 05
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1749 On August - 05 thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1763 On this day in history pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run
1772 On August - 05 poland loses one-third of her territory and half her population as she is partitioned among Russia, Austria, and Prussia.
1772 On this day in history 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1775 First Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters Sab Francisco Bay on August - 05.
1775 On this day in history 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
1778 On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22
1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet on this day in history.
1792 Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons)
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 this day in history.
1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general on August - 05.
1815 On August - 05 edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)
1822 On August - 05 johann Georg Herzog, composer
1827 Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892) on August - 05.
1828 On this day in history giovanni Rossi, composer
1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer on this day in history.
1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America on August - 05.
1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.
1834 On this day in history 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 In Australia's worst shipping disaster, 407 die when the Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island on August - 05.
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 August - 05 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53
1856 On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61
1858 On August - 05 first transatlantic telegraph cable laid
1858 Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable on August - 05.
1860 Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim on August - 05.
1860 On August - 05 joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man"
1861 US Army abolishes flogging on this day in history.
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