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 15, 1893 | Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. |
| August 24, 1942 | World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged. |
| August 30, 1813 | First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. |
| August 24, 1932 | Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey). |
| August 29, 2005 | Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage. |
| August 4, 1947 | The Supreme Court of Japan is established. |
| August 13, 1779 | American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| August 4, 1854 | The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. |
| August 1, 1291 | The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter. |
| August 25, 1989 | Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999. |
| August 17, 2019 | A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured. |
| August 2, 1415 | Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the Southampton Plot. |
| August 2, 1943 | The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months. |
| August 10, 1944 | World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a defensive German victory. |
| August 17, 1999 | The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. |
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