Page 3: Historical Events In August - 21

1857  On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

1858  On this day in history first Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

1858  On August - 21 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)   

1862  Billy Barker discovers gold in creeks running into the Quesnel River; town of Barkerville, BC, grows up around mine; the find sparks a massive gold rush into the Cariboo on August - 21.   

1862  The Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates on this day in history.   

1863  Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill on August - 21.   

1864  BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31] on August - 21.   

1864  On August - 21 john Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24   

1871  Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh) on this day in history.   

1872  On August - 21 aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)   

1874  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27) on August - 21.   

1875  Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo on August - 21.   

1878  American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY on August - 21.   

1879  The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland on this day in history.   

1879  On August - 21 henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It)   

1880  On August - 21 johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)   

1883  On August - 21 providence shuts out Phillies 28-0   

1887  On August - 21 mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants!   

1888  William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine on this day in history.   

1888  Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1891  Dutch Mackay govt resigns on August - 21.   

1892  Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor (Wages of Fear) on August - 21.   

1893  On this day in history juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer   

1896  On this day in history blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)   

1897  On this day in history oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division   

1898  Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1900  Allied forces overun Peking's inner city on August - 21.   

1900  Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go) on August - 21.   

1901  21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history renato Fasano, composer   

1903  Yannis Constantinidis, composer on August - 21.   

1904  The birth of Count Baise, US bandleader and jazz player on August - 21.   

1904  [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history isadore I Friz Freleng, KC MO, animator (Warner Bros cartoons)   

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1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)