On This Day in History for August 31
Events in History
- 1142 Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date - other research places date between 1450 and 1660]
- 1230 Bishop Willebrand of Utrecht grants Swells state justice
- 1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
- 1422 Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months
- 1745 Jacobite Rising 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle, Scotland
- 1751 British troops under Sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot, India
- 1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
- 1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
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Caligula
Commodus
Maria Montessori
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Ramon Magsaysay
Mohammed bin SalmanWeddings in History
- 2013 "Blue Crush" actress Kate Bosworth (30) weds director Michael Polish (42) in Philipsburg, Montana
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Henry V
John Bunyan
Arthur Phillip
Mary Ann Nichols
Diana SpencerAugust in History
How 200 Conquistadors Conquered an Empire of 10 Million
How did a mere 200 Spanish conquistadors capture the Incan Emperor-god Atahualpa, execute him and conquer an entire empire?
August 29, 1533
Fighting The Scourge of Child Labour
Britain’s first Factory Act came into law on this day. It was passed mainly to save children from the dreadful conditions that they endured in their workplace.
August 29, 1833
Ernest Rutherford, The Man Who ‘Split’ The Atom
New Zealand’s Ernest Rutherford, the first man to “split” the atom, and who would become world-famous as “the Father Of Nuclear Physics” was born on this day.
August 30, 1871
John Snow, Cholera and the Battle for Broad Street
In 1854, John Snow made his name as the father of modern epidemiology in response to the Broad Street cholera outbreak. He traced the outbreak and helped to establish the germ theory of disease.
August 31, 1854