Historical Events In August - 30

1776  On August - 30 uS army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC  

1781  On this day in history french fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War  

1791  The HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day on August - 30.  

1797  The birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' on August - 30.  

1797  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) on this day in history.  

1799  Bataafse fleet surrender to English on this day in history.  

1800  Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia on this day in history.  

1804  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS] on August - 30.  

1805  On this day in history michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist  

1808  On August - 30 joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83  

1809  On August - 30 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer  

1809  On August - 30 ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies  

1811  Thomas Gautier, writer on this day in history.  

1813  Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance on this day in history.  

1813  Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862 on August - 30.  

1820  James Wilson, Strathaven Radical, hung and beheaded at Glasgow Green for his part in the 1820 Rising. A crowd of 20,000 sympathetic to Wilson, witnessed the event. James Wilson, on his way to the scaffold, remarked to the hangman Thomas Moore - "Did ye evir see sic a crowd, Tammas?" on this day in history.  

1820  George Frederick Root, composer on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67  

1831  Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle on this day in history.  

1835  Melbourne, Australia is founded on this day in history.  

1836  On August - 30 the city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen  

1837  On this day in history ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)  

1842  On August - 30 victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer  

1843  On August - 30 the first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)  

1843  On this day in history 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)  

1844  Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) on August - 30.  

1844  Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies on August - 30.  

1849  On August - 30 joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher  

1850  Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city on this day in history.  

1852  Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) on August - 30.  

1854  On August - 30 john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels  

1860  On this day in history 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)  

1862  Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on August - 30.  

1862  Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on this day in history.  

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1334  On August - 30 birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon  

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.  

1377  On this day in history birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)  

1609  On this day in history birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised  

1687  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer  

1693  On August - 30 birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist  

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on August - 30.  

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on August - 30.  

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29  

0526  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on this day in history.  

1181  On August - 30 alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies  

1428  On August - 30 death of emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)  

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on this day in history.  

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on August - 30.  

1580  On August - 30 emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies