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 August - 05 enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years   

1862  On August - 05 battle of Baton Rouge, LA   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on August - 05.   

1868  On this day in history 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 this day 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 August - 05.   

1880  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) on August - 05.   

1882  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)   

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

1886  Oscar Espla, composer on August - 05.   

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

1888  On this day in history 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 this day in history british & French accord to divide African colonization   

1890  On this day in history erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46)   

1891  On August - 05 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)   

1891  On August - 05 donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat)   

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

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

1899  On this day in history 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 August - 05 james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.