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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