Page 2: Historical Events In August - 30

1776  US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC on this day in history.   

1781  On August - 30 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 this day in history the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'   

1797  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1805  Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist on August - 30.   

1808  On this day in history joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83   

1809  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies   

1811  Thomas Gautier, writer on August - 30.   

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

1813  Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862 on August - 30.   

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

1835  Melbourne, Australia is founded on August - 30.   

1836  On August - 30 the city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen   

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  On August - 30 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 this day in history friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)   

1844  On this day in history francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies   

1849  Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher on August - 30.   

1850  Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)   

1854  On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

1860  1st British tram opens (Birkenhead) on this day in history.   

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  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on August - 30.   

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  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On August - 30 birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

1705  On this day in history birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on August - 30.   

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on August - 30.   

1580  On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies