Historical Events In August - 30
Friday, 25 October 2024
1776 US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English on August - 30.
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 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist on August - 30.
1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 on August - 30.
1809 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer on August - 30.
1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies on August - 30.
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 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 On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer
1826 Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1831 On August - 30 charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
1835 On August - 30 melbourne, Australia is founded.
1836 The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on August - 30.
1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on August - 30.
1842 On August - 30 victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer
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 On this day in history honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1852 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) on this day in history.
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 On August - 30 battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
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