Page 3: Historical Events In August - 05

1861  US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years   

1862  On August - 05 battle of Baton Rouge, LA   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  On August - 05 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53   

1864  On this day in history spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati   

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral   

1864  On this day in history resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer   

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on this day in history.   

1868  Oskar Merikanto, composer on August - 05.   

1874  On August - 05 japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.   

1876  Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) on August - 05.   

1877  On August - 05 henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo   

1879  First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights on August - 05.   

1880  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) on this day in history.   

1882  Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US on this day in history.   

1882  Martial law is imposed in Japan on August - 05.   

1882  Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) on this day in history.   

1884  Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) on this day in history.   

1886  Oscar Espla, composer on August - 05.   

1887  Reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes) on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 05 victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio)   

1889  Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) on August - 05.   

1889  On August - 05 willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1890  On this day in history british & French accord to divide African colonization   

1890  Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)   

1891  On this day in history donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat)   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.   

1899  Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 05 bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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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 August - 05.   

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 August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On this day in history 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  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61