Page 2: Historical Events In August - 30

1776  On this day in history 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 August - 30.   

1791  On this day in history the HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day.   

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  On August - 30 bataafse fleet surrender to English   

1800  Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia on August - 30.   

1804  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]   

1805  On August - 30 michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist   

1808  Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.   

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

1820  On August - 30 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  George Frederick Root, composer on August - 30.   

1826  Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1836  On this day in history the city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen   

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

1842  Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer on August - 30.   

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  On August - 30 francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies   

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

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

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 August - 30 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  On August - 30 birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

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

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 August - 30.   

1483  On August - 30 louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

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

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