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 August - 30.   

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

1797  The birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' on August - 30.   

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

1799  On this day in history bataafse fleet surrender to English   

1800  On this day in history gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia   

1804  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS] on August - 30.   

1805  On August - 30 michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist   

1808  Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 on August - 30.   

1809  On this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer   

1809  Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies on August - 30.   

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 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  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer   

1826  On this day in history 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 August - 30.   

1837  Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on August - 30.   

1842  On this day in history victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer   

1843  On this day in history the first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)   

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 this day in history joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher   

1850  Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city on August - 30.   

1852  On this day in history 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 August - 30.   

1862  On August - 30 battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY   

1862  Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on August - 30.   

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1334  On August - 30 birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon   

1334  On this day in history birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

1377  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on August - 30.   

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

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on August - 30.   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)   

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

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 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