345 Historic Events for August 30
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| 1751 |
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Georg Friedrich H„ndel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
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| 1757 |
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Battle at Gross J„gerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
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| 1767 |
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Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
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| 1769 |
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Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
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| 1772 |
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Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader
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| 1776 |
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US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC
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| 1781 |
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French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War
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| 1797 |
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)
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| 1799 |
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Bataafse fleet surrender to English
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| 1804 |
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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
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| 1805 |
Birth |
Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
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| 1808 |
Death |
Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
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| 1809 |
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Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
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| 1811 |
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Thomas Gautier, writer
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| 1820 |
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George Frederick Root, composer
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| 1826 |
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Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
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| 1831 |
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Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
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| 1837 |
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Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)
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| 1842 |
Birth |
Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer
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| 1843 |
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1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
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| 1844 |
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Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
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| 1849 |
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Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher
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| 1850 |
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Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
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