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 10, 991 | Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex. |
| August 17, 1915 | Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia, USA after a 13-year-old girl is murdered. |
| August 22, 1864 | Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts. |
| August 13, 1650 | Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards. |
| August 12, 1948 | Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan. |
| August 11, 1332 | Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol. |
| August 11, 1804 | Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria. |
| August 9, 1855 | Åland War: The Battle of Suomenlinna begins. |
| August 29, 1009 | Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration. |
| August 11, 1919 | Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law. |
| August 24, 1812 | Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz. |
| August 30, 2008 | A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board. |
| August 22, 1922 | Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War. |
| August 15, 1945 | Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. |
| August 14, 1264 | After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno. |
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