Historical Events In August - 03

1860  On August - 03 second Maori War begins   

1861  On this day in history first manned balloon from a ship used to observe Confederate artillery position at Hampton Roads, VA   

1861  Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas on August - 03.   

1863  On this day in history governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY   

1864  Battle of Mobile AL on August - 03.   

1867  Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) on August - 03.   

1871  On this day in history vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)   

1872  On August - 03 haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)   

1873  On August - 03 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)   

1874  On August - 03 eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)   

1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on August - 03.   

1878  Constantino Gaito, composer on August - 03.   

1881  Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history congress passes first law restricting immigration   

1882  On this day in history congress passes 1st law restricting immigration   

1882  On August - 03 charles O'Neill, composer   

1884  Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) on August - 03.   

1885  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer on this day in history.   

1886  On August - 03 per August Olander, composer, dies at 62   

1887  Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) on this day in history.   

1890  Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 on August - 03.   

1892  On August - 03 oscar van Hemel, composer   

1894  Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) on August - 03.   

1894  On August - 03 george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69   

1897  John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1898  Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper on August - 03.   

1899  On this day in history sally Benson, novelist   

1900  Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded on this day in history.   

1900  Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer on August - 03.   

1901  On August - 03 bernard Reichel, composer   

1902  On this day in history habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)   

1902  On August - 03 august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54   

1904  British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa on this day in history.   

1904  Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station) on August - 03.   

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on August - 03.   

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1692  On August - 03 birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)   

1748  On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer   

1770  On this day in history birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)   

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)   

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on August - 03.   

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on this day in history.   

0808  On this day in history p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China   

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on this day in history.   

1460  On this day in history death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)   

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

1621  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on this day in history.