Page 2: Historical Events In August - 11
Friday, 18 July 2025
1748 On this day in history joseph Schuster, composer
1757 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1772 On this day in history explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1772 The birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general on this day in history.
1772 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general on August - 11.
1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history barbados hurricane begins
1786 On this day in history captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
1794 On August - 11 jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72
1799 On August - 11 joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist
1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria on this day in history.
1805 On August - 11 pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament
1807 David R Atchison, pres of USA on March 3rd 1849 on August - 11.
1811 On this day in history judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
1820 On August - 11 janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56
1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe) on August - 11.
1824 On August - 11 new South Wales is constituted a Crown colony.
1828 Edward Saloman, Gov (Union), died in 1909 on this day in history.
1832 Thomas Ogden Osbord, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1833 On August - 11 robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
1835 On August - 11 george B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1836 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician on August - 11.
1837 Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on this day in history.
1844 Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1852 Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1858 First ascent of the Eiger on this day in history.
1858 Christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929) on August - 11.
1860 On this day in history nation's first successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev) on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson etats de Normandie)
1860 On August - 11 james Wilson, politician
1862 On August - 11 carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1863 French protectorate over Cambodia is established on August - 11.
1863 Cambodia becomes French protectorate on this day in history.
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