Page 2: Historical Events In August - 21
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
1780 On this day in history jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1785 On August - 21 jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician on August - 21.
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 On August - 21 jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1798 On this day in history corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
1801 On August - 21 guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer on this day in history.
1808 On August - 21 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.
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 this day in history.
1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1812 Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 21.
1816 Quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!! on August - 21.
1821 On August - 21 jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
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 this day in history.
1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on August - 21.
1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer on this day in history.
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer on this day in history.
1831 Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) on this day in history.
1838 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on August - 21.
1841 John Hampson patents venetian blind on August - 21.
1841 On this day in history the Venetian blind is patented by John Hampton of New Orleans, but he didn't tell us how to clean them!
1841 On August - 21 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer on August - 21.
1856 America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) on August - 21.
1856 On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
1857 On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.
1857 In one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads; on August - 21.
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