Page 2: Historical Events In August - 21

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies   

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician on August - 21.   

1796  On August - 21 mississauga Chief Wabakinine, protecting his sister from a British soldier, is struck on the head with a rock and killed; his wife is also seriously injured.   

1798  Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) on August - 21.   

1798  On August - 21 corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62   

1801  On this day in history guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

1806  On this day in history johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

1808  On August - 21 battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.   

1809  On August - 21 francesco Schira, composer   

1810  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates on August - 21.   

1810  On this day in history thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1812  On this day in history silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67   

1816  On August - 21 quebec has an early season snowfall. WOW that is early even for us Canadians!!   

1821  On August - 21 jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.   

1821  William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1824  On this day in history john Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70   

1825  On this day in history kate Fanny Loder, composer   

1829  On August - 21 otto Goldschmidt, composer   

1831  Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) on this day in history.   

1838  On August - 21 a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57   

1841  John Hampson patents venetian blind on this day in history.   

1841  The Venetian blind is patented by John Hampton of New Orleans, but he didn't tell us how to clean them! on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history john Hampton patents venetian blind   

1842  On August - 21 the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.   

1847  On this day in history arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader   

1852  Tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes on August - 21.   

1852  On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.   

1852  On August - 21 benedetto Junck, composer   

1856  On August - 21 america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)   

1856  Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1857  First book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson on August - 21.   

1857  On August - 21 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

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1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.