1553 – Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) 1824 – Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), dies at 65 1879 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, dies at 83 1897 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 1934 – Wilbert Robinson, American Baseball HOF catcher (Philadelphia A’s, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals) and …
1746 – Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch poet of children’s poems (Proeve van kleine gedigen voor Kinder), born in Gouda, The Netherlands (d. 1803) 1820 – Winfield Scott Featherston “Old Swet”, American politician and Army Brigadier General (Confederate), born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee (d. 1891) 1921 – Roger Nixon, American composer, born in Tulare, California (d. 2009) …
1863 – American Civil War: Tennessee’s “military” Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves, celebrated as a holiday by Tennessee African Americans in the early 20th century 1870 – The Republic of Ploie?ti, a failed Radical-Liberal uprising against Domnitor Carol I of Romania 1943 – Common Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec 1960 – Brian …
1821 – Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), dies at 53 1913 – David Popper, Bohemian composer and cellist, dies at 70 1942 – Richard Gott, British general (commandant of 8th Army), dies in battle at 43 1969 – Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The …
317 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor (337-61), born in Sirmium, Pannonia Inferior (d. 361) 1868 – Granville Bantock, British composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), born in London (d. 1946) 1919 – John Hogan, American chemist (discovered methods of producing polypropylene), born in Lowes, Kentucky (d. 2012) 1921 – Karel Husa, Czech-American Pulitzer prize winning composer …
1760 – Fort Loudoun, Tennessee, surrenders to Cherokee Indians 1864 – Battle of Moorefield, West Virginia: Surprise Union raid kills 400 Confederates and captures 400 horses, badly damaging Confederate cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley 1942 – First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Island 1954 – Jerome Moross and John Treville Latouche’s “Golden …
1820 – Antonin Vranicky, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 59 1866 – John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818) 1928 – W. H. Grattan Flood, Irish author and composer, dies at 68 1946 – Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer (World flyweight title 1937-38), dies of malnutrition-induced respiratory failure at 33 1970 – …
1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-45), Prince-Elector of Bavaria (1726-45), born in Brussels (d. 1745) 1904 – Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C’ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), born in Easton, Missouri (d. 1993) 1908 – James Lees-Milne, English writer and …
939 – Battle at Simancas: Spain defeats the Moors 1861 – US Congress passes First Confiscation Act 1908 – St. Louis Cardinals’ Johnny Lush pitches a second career no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Superbas; a change in MLB rules makes this unofficial as the game was shortened by rain 1936 – Jack …
1866 – William Burton, American politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (1859-63), dies at 76 1999 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, dies at 97 2001 – Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) 2002 – Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920) 2002 – Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers …
1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492-1506) and King of Poland (1501-6), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1506) 1647 – Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, French scholar, classicist, and the first woman to translate Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey”, born in Preuilly-sur-Claise, France (d. 1720) 1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter, born in Claremont, Ontario …
1763 – Pontiac’s War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Native American forces at Bushy Run 1861 – President Lincoln signs the first US personal income tax into law, imposing a 3% tax on incomes over $800 1942 – German troops cross the Russian Kuban River in the Western …
1476 – Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded 1966 – Howard Jackson, American film score composer (It Happened One Night), dies at 66 1991 – Jeri Southern [Genevieve Hering], American jazz singer (“You Better Go Now”; “Joey”), dies of a heart attack at 64 1999 – Victor Mature, American actor (I Wake Up …
1290 – Leopold I, “The Glorious”, Duke of Austria and Styria, member of the House of Habsburg, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1326) 1664 – Louis Lully, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1734) 1890 – Erich Weinert, German communist writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1953) 1912 – David …
1666 – Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Christopher, killing thousands 1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pérignon’s invention of Champagne 1917 – Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests, and officers 1948 – Hungary’s Olga Gyarmati wins the first ever Olympic women’s long jump competition at the London Games 1983 – …
1800 – Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German composer, dies at 63 1835 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer, dies at 67 1894 – George Inness, American landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 1939 – August Enna, Danish opera composer (The Witch; Kleopatra), dies at 80 1954 – Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle], French author, novelist (Gigi; La …
1871 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 1929) 1921 – Edith Raymond Locke, Austrian-American television presenter (Attitudes) and editor of Mademoiselle magazine (1971-80), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020) 1923 – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity, born in Abnub, Asyut Governorate, Egypt …
1650 – Dutch Stadtholder William II and Amsterdam reach an accord about a standing army 1692 – Battle of Steenkerque: French defeat William III’s combined English/Dutch army 1948 – An American 1-2 in the men’s 200 m at the London Olympics with Mel Patton (21.1) defeating teammate Barney Ewell 1948 – Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor …