Historical Events In July - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1693 NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies on July - 08.
1695 On this day in history christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes on this day in history.
1716 Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen on July - 08.
1757 Richard Wainwright, composer on July - 08.
1758 English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY on July - 08.
1776 On this day in history the Liberty Bell Rings In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania's old State House, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon
1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila) on July - 08.
1777 On this day in history vt becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage
1777 On this day in history vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1778 Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America on this day in history.
1778 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army on this day in history.
1792 On July - 08 france declares war on Prussia
1796 US State Dept issues first American passport on this day in history.
1796 US State Dept issues 1st American passport on this day in history.
1797 On July - 08 first US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1797 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment on July - 08.
1800 Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox on July - 08.
1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England on July - 08.
1809 On this day in history ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1816 On July - 08 frost in Waltham, MA
1819 On this day in history alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1821 On this day in history william Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1822 On this day in history chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1822 On July - 08 percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1824 On this day in history waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers) on July - 08.
1829 On July - 08 pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1833 Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty on July - 08.
1835 On this day in history liberty Bell cracks (again)
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena on this day in history.
1836 On July - 08 joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
1838 The birth of Graf von Zeppelin, Designer of the Zeppelin airships on this day in history.
1838 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed on July - 08.
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