Historical Events In August - 30

1776  On August - 30 uS army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC  

1781  On this day in history 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  On August - 30 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  On August - 30 bataafse fleet surrender to English  

1800  Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia on this day in history.  

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

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  Thomas Gautier, writer on August - 30.  

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

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 August - 30.  

1820  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer  

1826  On this day in history theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67  

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

1835  Melbourne, Australia is founded on August - 30.  

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

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

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 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  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  On this day in history 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)  

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

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

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1334  On this day in history birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon  

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

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on August - 30.  

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on this day in history.  

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

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on this day in history.  

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  On August - 30 juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61  

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.