Historical Events In August - 21

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

1858  First Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) on this day in history.  

1858  1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) on this day in history.  

1862  On August - 21 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.  

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

1863  On this day in history raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill  

1864  On August - 21 bBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]  

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 August - 21.  

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

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1874  Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27) on this day in history.  

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

1878  On August - 21 american Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY  

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 this day in history henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It)  

1880  On this day in history johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)  

1883  On this day in history providence shuts out Phillies 28-0  

1887  Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants! on August - 21.  

1888  William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine on August - 21.  

1888  On this day in history simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70  

1891  Dutch Mackay govt resigns on this day in history.  

1892  Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor (Wages of Fear) on this day in history.  

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

1896  Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family) on this day in history.  

1897  On August - 21 oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division  

1898  On August - 21 nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40  

1900  Allied forces overun Peking's inner city on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.  

1902  On August - 21 renato Fasano, composer  

1903  Yannis Constantinidis, composer on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history the birth of Count Baise, US bandleader and jazz player  

1904  [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles) on August - 21.  

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

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  

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

1567  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building  

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

1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.  

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

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.  

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

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.  

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