Historical Events In August - 06
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 On this day in history konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman
1845 On this day in history the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1845 On August - 06 anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
1848 On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.
1854 On August - 06 congress passes Confiscation Act
1858 On August - 06 albert Fuchs, composer
1859 On this day in history j Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)
1861 Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state on August - 06.
1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt on August - 06.
1862 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on August - 06.
1862 Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71
1864 On August - 06 rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1866 Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) on August - 06.
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 On August - 06 battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
1871 On August - 06 emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer
1875 On August - 06 marcel Labey, composer
1879 Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history francesco Santoliquido, composer
1885 Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union on August - 06.
1886 On this day in history edward Ballantine, composer
1886 On August - 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
1889 On August - 06 london's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths
1890 On August - 06 cy Young pitches &wins 1st game
1890 First use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder on August - 06.
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