Historical Events in August, Month of August Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 13, 900 | Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. |
| August 8, 1844 | The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). |
| August 5, 1916 | World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula. |
| August 11, 1992 | The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States. |
| August 11, 355 | Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. |
| August 31, 1999 | The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. |
| August 7, 1970 | California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody. |
| August 20, 1672 | Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by a mob in The Hague. |
| August 2, 338 | A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. |
| August 15, 1954 | Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. |
| August 28, 632 | Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. |
| August 24, 1914 | World War I: German troops capture Namur. |
| August 24, 1820 | Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal. |
| August 5, 1763 | Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run. |
| August 27, 1600 | Ishida Mitsunari’s Western Army commences the Siege of Fushimi Castle, which is lightly defended by a much smaller Tokugawa garrison led by Torii Mototada. |
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