Historical Events In August - 30

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

1781  On August - 30 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 this day in history.  

1797  The birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.  

1797  On August - 30 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)  

1799  On August - 30 bataafse fleet surrender to English  

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

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 this day in history.  

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1809  On August - 30 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer  

1809  Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies on this day in history.  

1811  On August - 30 thomas Gautier, writer  

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

1813  On this day in history 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 August - 30.  

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

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

1831  On August - 30 charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle  

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

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

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 August - 30.  

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

1844  On August - 30 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  On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels  

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

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee  

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on August - 30.  

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

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 30.  

0526  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on August - 30.  

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  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on August - 30.  

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

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

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on August - 30.