Page 3: Historical Events In August - 05

1861  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1862  On August - 05 thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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

1864  Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer on August - 05.   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  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  On August - 05 oscar Espla, composer   

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

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

1889  On August - 05 conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1890  British & French accord to divide African colonization on August - 05.   

1890  Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) on August - 05.   

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

1891  Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat) on this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

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 August - 05.   

1900  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

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

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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