Historical Events in August, Month of August Events

Here is a list of some historical events in August. You can learn What major event happened in August?

Date Event
August 16, 1891 The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
August 14, 1814 A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.
August 22, 1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
August 21, 1192 Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
August 26, 1810 The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
August 19, 1759 Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
August 24, 1970 Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
August 3, 1981 Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
August 13, 1704 War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
August 31, 1895 German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
August 8, 2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a raid on former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.[12]
August 8, 2004 A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
August 5, 1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
August 26, 1863 The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
August 17, 1943 World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.

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