Historical Events In August - 05

1749  Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) on August - 05.  

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  On August - 05 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia  

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

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

1778  Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on August - 05.  

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  On August - 05 friedrich August Kummer, composer  

1802  On this day in history niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons)  

1812  On this day in history war of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.  

1813  On this day in history carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general  

1815  On August - 05 edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)  

1822  Johann Georg Herzog, composer on August - 05.  

1827  On August - 05 deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)  

1828  On this day in history giovanni Rossi, composer  

1829  Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer on August - 05.  

1830  On August - 05 james A Healy, 1st black bishop in America  

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on August - 05.  

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

1843  On this day in history james Scott Skinner, composer  

1845  On this day in history in Australia's worst shipping disaster, 407 die when the Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island.  

1846  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anton Simon, composer  

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history first transatlantic telegraph cable laid  

1858  On this day in history cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable  

1860  On August - 05 carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.  

1860  Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" on August - 05.  

1861  US Army abolishes flogging on August - 05.  

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)  

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.  

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

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.  

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.  

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.  

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