Page 2: Historical Events In August - 21
Saturday, 12 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 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician on August - 21.
1796 On this day in history 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 Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 on this day in history.
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 On August - 21 francesco Schira, composer
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 August - 21.
1812 On August - 21 silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
1816 Quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!! on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1821 On this day in history william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1824 John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on August - 21.
1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 on August - 21.
1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer on August - 21.
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer on August - 21.
1831 Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) on this day in history.
1838 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history john Hampson patents venetian blind
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 August - 21 john Hampton patents venetian blind
1842 The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded on August - 21.
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader on August - 21.
1852 Tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes on August - 21.
1852 On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1852 On this day in history benedetto Junck, composer
1856 On this day in history america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1856 Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1857 On August - 21 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 this day in history.
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