Page 3: Historical Events In August - 05

1861  On August - 05 uS levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)   

1861  Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years on August - 05.   

1862  Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on this day in history.   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on August - 05.   

1864  Spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral on this day in history.   

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

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on this day in history.   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On August - 05 oskar Merikanto, composer   

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

1876  On August - 05 mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

1877  Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo on August - 05.   

1879  On this day in history first game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights.   

1880  On August - 05 gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)   

1882  Authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US on August - 05.   

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

1882  On this day in history joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)   

1884  Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) on August - 05.   

1886  Oscar Espla, composer on August - 05.   

1887  On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)   

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

1889  On this day in history conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1890  British & French accord to divide African colonization on this day in history.   

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

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

1891  Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat) on August - 05.   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1899  Conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems) on August - 05.   

1900  Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

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1301  On August - 05 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

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

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 August - 05.   

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  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.