Page 2: Historical Events In August - 30

1776  US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC on August - 30.   

1781  French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War on August - 30.   

1791  On this day in history the HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day.   

1797  On August - 30 the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'   

1797  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)   

1799  Bataafse fleet surrender to English on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia   

1804  On August - 30 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]   

1805  On this day in history michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist   

1808  On August - 30 joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83   

1809  On August - 30 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer   

1809  On August - 30 ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies   

1811  Thomas Gautier, writer on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.   

1813  On this day in history princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862   

1820  On this day in history james Wilson, Strathaven Radical, hung and beheaded at Glasgow Green for his part in the 1820 Rising. A crowd of 20,000 sympathetic to Wilson, witnessed the event. James Wilson, on his way to the scaffold, remarked to the hangman Thomas Moore - "Did ye evir see sic a crowd, Tammas?"   

1820  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer   

1826  Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 on August - 30.   

1831  On August - 30 charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle   

1835  Melbourne, Australia is founded on this day in history.   

1836  The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on August - 30.   

1837  On this day in history ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)   

1842  On this day in history victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer   

1843  On this day in history the first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)   

1843  1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party) on August - 30.   

1844  On August - 30 friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)   

1844  Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies on this day in history.   

1849  Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher on August - 30.   

1850  Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)   

1854  John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels on August - 30.   

1860  On August - 30 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)   

1862  Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee on this day in history.   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on August - 30.   

1334  On this day in history birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

1377  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On August - 30 birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1687  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On this day in history birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

1705  On this day in history birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

1720  On this day in history birth of samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)   

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

0526  On this day in history death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on this day in history.   

1428  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on August - 30.   

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on August - 30.   

1483  On this day in history louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on August - 30.   

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on August - 30.