 |
 |
 |
| Link to Us Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
 |
Add "Today in History" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
| August 5 Events in History |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|
August 5, 1856 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 August 5, 1852 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 August 5, 1850 Anton Simon, composer August 5, 1850 Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif) August 5, 1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. & Britain at 49th parallel August 5, 1843 James Scott Skinner, composer August 5, 1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York August 5, 1834 Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 August 5, 1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America August 5, 1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 August 5, 1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer August 5, 1829 Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 August 5, 1828 Giovanni Rossi, composer August 5, 1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands August 5, 1823 Joseph E Labb‚, French lawyer August 5, 1822 Johann Georg Herzog, composer August 5, 1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) August 5, 1813 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general August 5, 1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet August 5, 1811 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (Caid, Francoise de Rimini) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|