Page 3: Historical Events In August - 06
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1824 On this day in history battle at Junan
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru on this day in history.
1825 On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
1828 Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on this day in history.
1845 On August - 06 the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1845 Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist on this day in history.
1848 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1853 On this day in history josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
1854 On this day in history congress passes Confiscation Act
1858 Albert Fuchs, composer on this day in history.
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on this day in history.
1861 Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state on August - 06.
1861 On this day in history edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1862 On August - 06 cSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 On this day in history confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1866 On August - 06 chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
1868 Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on August - 06.
1870 On this day in history white conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature
1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France on August - 06.
1871 On August - 06 emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer
1875 Marcel Labey, composer on August - 06.
1879 On this day in history joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
1881 Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) on August - 06.
1882 On this day in history gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
1883 Francesco Santoliquido, composer on this day in history.
1885 On August - 06 jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
1886 Edward Ballantine, composer on August - 06.
1886 On August - 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
1889 On this day in history london's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths
1890 Cy Young pitches &wins 1st game on August - 06.
1890 On August - 06 first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
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