Page 3: Historical Events In August - 05

1861  US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) on this day in history.   

1861  Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years on August - 05.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Baton Rouge, LA   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 05 spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati   

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral   

1864  On August - 05 resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.   

1866  Alfred Holy, composer on August - 05.   

1868  Oskar Merikanto, composer on August - 05.   

1874  On August - 05 japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.   

1876  On this day in history mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

1877  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo   

1879  On August - 05 first game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights.   

1880  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) on August - 05.   

1882  On August - 05 authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US   

1882  Martial law is imposed in Japan on this day in history.   

1882  Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I) on this day in history.   

1884  Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history oscar Espla, composer   

1887  On this day in history reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)   

1888  Victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio) on August - 05.   

1889  Conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation) on this day in history.   

1889  On August - 05 willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1890  On this day in history british & French accord to divide African colonization   

1890  Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) on August - 05.   

1891  On this day in history 1st travelers checks issued (American Express)   

1891  Donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat) on August - 05.   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1895  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1899  On August - 05 conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems)   

1900  Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher on August - 05.   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.