Page 3: Historical Events In August - 21

1857  On August - 21 first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

1858  On August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1862  On August - 21 the Vienna Stadtpark opens its gates.   

1863  Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill on this day in history.   

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

1864  John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 on August - 21.   

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

1872  Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome) on August - 21.   

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 August - 21.   

1879  Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It) on this day in history.   

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

1883  Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0 on this day in history.   

1887  Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants! on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history william Seward Burroughs patents adding machine   

1888  On August - 21 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70   

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  Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division on August - 21.   

1898  On this day in history nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40   

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

1900  Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go) on this day in history.   

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

1902  Renato Fasano, composer on this day in history.   

1903  Yannis Constantinidis, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1905  Isadore I Friz Freleng, KC MO, animator (Warner Bros cartoons) on this day in history.   

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

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

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

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

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