Historical Events In August - 06
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
1824 On this day in history battle at Junan
1825 On this day in history bolivia gains independence from Peru
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) on August - 06.
1828 Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.
1845 On August - 06 the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1845 On August - 06 anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
1848 On August - 06 nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
1853 On this day in history josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
1854 On August - 06 congress passes Confiscation Act
1858 On August - 06 albert Fuchs, composer
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state
1861 On August - 06 edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1862 On this day in history cSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 On August - 06 confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on August - 06.
1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd on August - 06.
1866 On this day in history chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
1868 Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history white conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature
1870 On August - 06 battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
1871 On this day in history emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer
1875 Marcel Labey, composer on this day in history.
1879 On this day in history joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
1881 On this day in history alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
1882 On this day in history gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer on August - 06.
1885 Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union on this day in history.
1886 Edward Ballantine, composer on this day in history.
1886 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1889 London's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths on August - 06.
1890 On this day in history cy Young pitches &wins 1st game
1890 On this day in history first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
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