Page 3: Historical Events In August - 05

1861  US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) on this day in history.   

1861  Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Baton Rouge, LA on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1864  Spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati on August - 05.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral   

1864  On August - 05 resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer   

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1866  On August - 05 alfred Holy, composer   

1868  Oskar Merikanto, composer on August - 05.   

1874  On this day in history japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.   

1876  Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo   

1879  First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights on August - 05.   

1880  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright (Black Girls Burden) on August - 05.   

1882  On August - 05 authorizing of first steel warships, beginning of the modern Navy in US   

1882  Martial law is imposed in Japan on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)   

1884  Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) on August - 05.   

1886  On this day in history oscar Espla, composer   

1887  On August - 05 reginald Owen, Wheathampstead Engld, actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)   

1888  On August - 05 victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio)   

1889  On this day in history conrad P Aiken, US, poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)   

1889  On August - 05 willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1890  On this day in history british & French accord to divide African colonization   

1890  Erich Kleiber, Vienna Austria, conductor (NBC Symphony 1945-46) on August - 05.   

1891  1st travelers checks issued (American Express) on August - 05.   

1891  On August - 05 donald Kerr, Eagle Grove IA, actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat)   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1895  On August - 05 friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1899  On August - 05 conrad Aiken, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems)   

1900  On this day in history bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.