Page 2: Historical Events In August - 30

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

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

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

1797  On this day in history the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'   

1797  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) on August - 30.   

1799  On August - 30 bataafse fleet surrender to English   

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

1804  On August - 30 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]   

1805  On this day in history michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist   

1808  On this day in history 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  On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

1813  Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance on August - 30.   

1813  Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862 on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history 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?"   

1820  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer   

1826  On August - 30 theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67   

1831  Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle on August - 30.   

1835  On this day in history melbourne, Australia is founded.   

1836  The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on this day in history.   

1837  Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on this day in history.   

1842  Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer on this day in history.   

1843  The first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) on this day in history.   

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

1844  On August - 30 friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)   

1844  On this day in history francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies   

1849  On August - 30 joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher   

1850  On August - 30 honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city   

1852  On August - 30 jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)   

1854  On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

1860  1st British tram opens (Birkenhead) on August - 30.   

1862  On this day in history battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY   

1862  On August - 30 battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on this day in history.   

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on August - 30.   

1377  On August - 30 birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)   

1609  On August - 30 birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

1705  On August - 30 birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

0524  Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 on this day in history.   

0526  On August - 30 death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

1529  On August - 30 juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.