Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1824 On August - 06 battle at Junan
1825 On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru
1825 On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
1828 Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.
1845 On this day in history the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1845 On August - 06 anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
1848 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on this day in history.
1861 On August - 06 lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state
1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt on August - 06.
1862 On this day in history cSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.
1862 On August - 06 francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71
1864 On this day in history rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
1866 Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) on August - 06.
1868 On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature on this day in history.
1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France on this day in history.
1871 Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on August - 06.
1873 On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer
1875 On this day in history marcel Labey, composer
1879 On August - 06 joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
1881 On August - 06 alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
1882 On this day in history gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
1883 On August - 06 francesco Santoliquido, composer
1885 On August - 06 jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
1886 On August - 06 edward Ballantine, composer
1886 On August - 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
1889 London's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths on August - 06.
1890 On this day in history cy Young pitches &wins 1st game
1890 On this day in history first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder
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