Historical Events In August - 05

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

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

1862  Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on August - 05.  

1862  On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

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

1864  Spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati on August - 05.  

1864  Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral on August - 05.  

1864  Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer on this day in history.  

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

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on August - 05.  

1868  On August - 05 oskar Merikanto, composer  

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

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

1877  Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history martial law is imposed in Japan.  

1882  Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) on August - 05.  

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

1886  On this day in history oscar Espla, composer  

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

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  On August - 05 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)  

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

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

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1900  On this day in history bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher  

1900  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

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  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

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 this day in history.  

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