374 Historic Events for August 5
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| 1749 |
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Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)
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| 1772 |
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1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia
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| 1775 |
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1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay
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| 1778 |
Death |
Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22
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| 1781 |
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Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet
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| 1792 |
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Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60
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| 1797 |
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Friedrich August Kummer, composer
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| 1802 |
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Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons)
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| 1811 |
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C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (Ca‹d, Fran‡oise de Rimini)
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| 1813 |
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Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet
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| 1813 |
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Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general
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| 1815 |
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Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)
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| 1822 |
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Johann Georg Herzog, composer
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| 1823 |
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Joseph E Labb‚, French lawyer
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| 1828 |
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WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands
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| 1828 |
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Giovanni Rossi, composer
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| 1829 |
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Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer
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| 1829 |
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Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
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| 1830 |
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Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68
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| 1830 |
Birth |
James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America
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| 1834 |
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Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71
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| 1837 |
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1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY
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| 1843 |
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James Scott Skinner, composer
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| 1846 |
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Oregon country divided between US and Britain at 49th parallel
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Anton Simon, composer
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