Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1748 On this day in history joseph Schuster, composer
1757 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1772 On August - 11 explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1772 On this day in history the birth of Jean Victor Moreau, French general
1772 Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount/general on August - 11.
1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history barbados hurricane begins
1786 Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72
1799 Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist on August - 11.
1804 On August - 11 francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria
1805 Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude, Dutch judge/member of parliament on August - 11.
1807 David R Atchison, pres of USA on March 3rd 1849 on August - 11.
1811 On August - 11 judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
1820 On August - 11 janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56
1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge, England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe) on this day in history.
1824 New South Wales is constituted a Crown colony on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history edward Saloman, Gov (Union), died in 1909
1832 On this day in history thomas Ogden Osbord, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill) on this day in history.
1835 On August - 11 george B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1836 On this day in history cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician
1837 Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on this day in history.
1844 Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 on August - 11.
1852 On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70
1858 First ascent of the Eiger on August - 11.
1858 On this day in history christian Eijkman, Neth, bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)
1860 On August - 11 nation's first successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev) on this day in history.
1860 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson etats de Normandie) on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history james Wilson, politician
1862 On August - 11 carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1863 French protectorate over Cambodia is established on this day in history.
1863 On August - 11 cambodia becomes French protectorate
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