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What Happened in August 1809

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Historical Events

  • Aug 8 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnius, arrive in Palestine
  • Aug 10 Area of Quinto is the first to declare itself independent of Spain in Latin America, though put down by the Spanish after 24 day (now Ecuador's National Day)

Events in 1809

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 1 William Barret Travis, American lawyer and soldier (commander at Battle of the Alamo), born in Saluda County, South Carolina (d. 1836)

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

Aug 6 British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (The Charge of the Light Brigade), born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England

Alfred Tennyson
  • Aug 27 Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65), born in Paris, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
  • Aug 29 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1894)
  • Aug 30 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1863)
Born in 1809

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 12 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal, dies at 71
  • Aug 18 Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728)
  • Aug 30 Ignacy Potocki, Polish politician and influential nobleman (co-wrote 3 May Constitution), dies at 59


What Happened in 1809

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