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What Happened in August 1796

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Historical Events

  • Aug 8 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members
  • Aug 17 British defeat Batavian navy in Saldanha Bay, South Africa
  • Aug 19 Spain & France sign anti-British alliance
  • Aug 23 African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated
Events in 1796

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 25 James Lick, American land baron in California, born in Stumpstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1876)
Born in 1796

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 1 Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)
  • Aug 31 John McKinly, American physician. politician and 1st President of Delaware (1777), dies at 75


What Happened in 1796

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