Page 2: Historical Events In August - 21
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1780 On this day in history jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1785 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies on August - 21.
1789 On this day in history augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1796 On August - 21 mississauga Chief Wabakinine, protecting his sister from a British soldier, is struck on the head with a rock and killed; his wife is also seriously injured.
1798 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian on August - 21.
1806 On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1808 Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War on this day in history.
1809 Francesco Schira, composer on August - 21.
1810 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates on August - 21.
1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1812 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!!
1821 Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances on this day in history.
1821 William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1824 John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on August - 21.
1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1825 On August - 21 kate Fanny Loder, composer
1829 On this day in history otto Goldschmidt, composer
1831 On this day in history nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
1838 On this day in history a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1841 John Hampson patents venetian blind on August - 21.
1841 On August - 21 the Venetian blind is patented by John Hampton of New Orleans, but he didn't tell us how to clean them!
1841 On this day in history john Hampton patents venetian blind
1842 On August - 21 the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1847 On this day in history arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 On August - 21 tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes.
1852 Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory on August - 21.
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer on August - 21.
1856 On this day in history america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1856 On August - 21 peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
1857 First book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson on August - 21.
1857 On August - 21 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;
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