8_5 Events in History.

374 Historic Events for August 5

1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) Birth
1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia Event
1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay Event
1778 Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 Death
1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet Event
1792 Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 Death
1797 Friedrich August Kummer, composer Birth
1802 Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons) Birth
1811 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (Ca‹d, Fran‡oise de Rimini) Birth
1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet Birth

1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general Birth
1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) Birth
1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer Birth
1823 Joseph E Labb‚, French lawyer Birth
1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands Birth
1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer Birth
1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer Birth
1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 Birth
1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 Death
1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America Birth
1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 Death
1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY Event
1843 James Scott Skinner, composer Birth
1846 Oregon country divided between US and Britain at 49th parallel Event
1850 Anton Simon, composer Birth