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

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

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

1864  On August - 05 battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral   

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 August - 05.   

1866  On August - 05 alfred Holy, composer   

1868  Oskar Merikanto, composer on August - 05.   

1874  Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

1877  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo   

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

1880  On this day in history gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden)   

1882  On this day in history authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US   

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 this day in history.   

1886  Oscar Espla, composer on this day in history.   

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

1888  Victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio) on this day in history.   

1889  Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1890  On August - 05 british & French accord to divide African colonization   

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 this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  On August - 05 friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1899  On August - 05 conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems)   

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

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

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

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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 August - 05 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 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 August - 05.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

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