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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 30 1609

    Artus Quellinus Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall) born in Antwerp (d. 1668)

    Aug 30 1687

    Francesco Maria Vallara Italian composer born in Parma Italy (d. 1740)

    Aug 30 1693

    Jacobus Nozeman Dutch composer and organist born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1745)

    Aug 30 1705

    David Hartley English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology born in Halifax Yorkshire England (d. 1757)

    Aug 30 1720

    Samuel Whitbread English brewer and Member of Parliament born in Cardington Bedfordshire (d. 1796)

    Aug 30 1748

    Jacques-Louis David French Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat) born in Paris (d. 1825)

    Aug 30 1767

    Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke German composer born in Wachenhausen (d. 1822)

    Aug 30 1769

    Bonifacio Asioli Italian composer and music writer born in Correggio Italy (d. 1832)

    Aug 30 1772

    Henri de La Rochejacquelin French Royalist Army leader born in Maulon Kingdom of France (d. 1794)

    Aug 30 1804

    Aleksandr Polezhayev Russian poet (Sasjka) born in Penza Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1638) [OS]

    Aug 30 1805

    Michael Sars Norwegian zoologist born in Bergen Norway (d. 1869)

    Aug 30 1808

    Princess Ludovika of Bavaria Mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria born in Munich (d. 1892)

    Aug 30 1809

    Adolf Friedrich Hesse German composer born in Wrocaw Poland (d. 1863)

    Aug 30 1813

    Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria born in Augsburg Germany (d. 1862)

    Aug 30 1818

    Alexander H. Rice American businessman and politician 30th Governor of Massachusetts (1876-78) born in Newton Massachusetts (d. 1895)

    Aug 30 1820

    George Frederick Root American songwriter (The Battle Cry of Freedom) born in Sheffield Massachusetts (d. 1895)

    Aug 30 1821

    Anita Garibaldi Brazilian warrior Garibaldis wife (War of Tatters) born in Laguna Santa Catarina Brazil (d. 1849)

    Aug 30 1837

    Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur US 1st Lady (1881-85) born in Culpeper Court House Virginia (d. 1880)

    Aug 30 1839

    Gulstan Ropert French Roman Catholic prelate born in Kerfago Brittany France (d. 1903)

    Aug 30 1842

    Victor Alphonse Duvernoy French pianist and composer born in Paris (d. 1907)

    Aug 30 1842

    Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia Eldest child of Alexander II of Russia born in Catherine Palace Pushkin Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1849)

    Aug 30 1844

    Friedrich Ratzel German social-geographer (Lebensraum) born in Karlsruhe Germany (d. 1904)

    Aug 30 1848

    Andrew Onderdonk American railway contractor (Canadian Pacific Railway) born in NYC New York (d. 1905)

    Aug 30 1849

    J. M. Dent British publisher born in Darlington England (d. 1926)

    Aug 30 1852

    Jacobus Henricus vant Hoff Dutch physical chemist (Nobel 1901) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1911)

    Aug 30 1856

    Carle David Tolm Runge German mathematician and physicist born in Bremen Germany (d. 1927)

    Aug 30 1860

    Isaac Levitan Russian classical painter born in Kybartai Lithuania (d. 1900)

    Aug 30 1863

    Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Russian photographer and chemist born in Muron Russia (d. 1944)

    Aug 30 1866

    Georges Minne Belgian sculptor born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1941)

    Aug 30 1870

    Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia Firstborn daughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece born in Corfu Greece (d. 1891)

    Aug 30 1878

    Paul Hazard [Paul-Gustave-Marie-Camille Hazard] French critic and literature historian born in Nordpeene France (d. 1944)

    Aug 30 1882

    Meijer de Hond Dutch rabbi and writer born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)

    Aug 30 1883

    Theo Van Doesburg [Christian Emil Marie Kpper] Dutch painter and architect (Style) born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1931)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 30 1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany

    Aug 30 1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to end war for all time

    Aug 30 1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

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