Historical Events In August - 09
Friday, 29 March 2024
1842 US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty on this day in history.
1845 On this day in history xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator
1848 On August - 09 barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party
1848 On August - 09 austria & Sardinia sign cease fire
1848 On this day in history frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies
1849 On this day in history hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 On August - 09 henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1854 Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1859 Elevator patented on August - 09.
1861 On this day in history wilhelm Berger, composer
1862 On this day in history battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
1862 On this day in history joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46
1864 Battle of Ft Morgan AL on this day in history.
1869 Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman) on August - 09.
1875 Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker) on this day in history.
1883 On this day in history george Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)
1884 On this day in history maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence)
1887 On August - 09 abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)
1888 On August - 09 hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter
1888 Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1890 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations on this day in history.
1890 On August - 09 cesar Cortinas, composer
1891 On this day in history max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator
1892 Charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail) on this day in history.
1892 Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on August - 09.
1893 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY on August - 09.
1895 On August - 09 fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)
1896 Jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist on August - 09.
1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on August - 09.
1897 Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography on this day in history.
1898 On August - 09 david de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)
1899 On August - 09 armand Salacrou, French playwright
1901 On this day in history 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization
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