Page 2: Historical Events In August - 30

1776  US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC on August - 30.   

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 August - 30 the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'   

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

1799  On this day in history bataafse fleet surrender to English   

1800  On August - 30 gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia   

1804  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS] on this day in history.   

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 this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer   

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

1811  On August - 30 thomas Gautier, writer   

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

1813  On August - 30 princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862   

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  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer   

1826  Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 on August - 30.   

1831  On this day in history charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle   

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 August - 30.   

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

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  On August - 30 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)   

1844  On this day in history friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)   

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

1849  Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher on August - 30.   

1850  On this day in history honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city   

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

1854  John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels on August - 30.   

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

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 August - 30.   

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1334  On this day in history 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  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on August - 30.   

1687  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On August - 30 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  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

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

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

1428  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1482  On this day in history louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies   

1483  On this day in history louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

1529  On this day in history juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

1580  On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies