Historical Events In July - 08
Monday, 25 January 2021
1693 On July - 08 nYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1695 On this day in history christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1709 On July - 08 battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1716 Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen on this day in history.
1757 On this day in history richard Wainwright, composer
1758 English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY on this day in history.
1776 The Liberty Bell Rings In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania's old State House, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon on July - 08.
1776 On July - 08 col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
1777 Vt becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage on July - 08.
1777 Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage on this day in history.
1778 Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America on this day in history.
1778 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army on July - 08.
1792 France declares war on Prussia on July - 08.
1796 On this day in history uS State Dept issues first American passport
1796 On July - 08 uS State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797 First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment on this day in history.
1797 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment on July - 08.
1800 On this day in history dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1805 On this day in history american Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1809 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja) on this day in history.
1816 Frost in Waltham, MA on this day in history.
1819 On July - 08 alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1821 On this day in history william Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1822 On July - 08 chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 on this day in history.
1824 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1826 On July - 08 benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 On July - 08 pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1833 On July - 08 russia & Turkey sign defense treaty
1835 On this day in history liberty Bell cracks (again)
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
1838 The birth of Graf von Zeppelin, Designer of the Zeppelin airships on July - 08.
1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed on July - 08.
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