Today in History for August 1851
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Months in 1851: January February March April May June July September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
12th - 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora
12th - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
22nd - Gold fields discovered in Australia
22nd - Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10
3rd - Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
13th - John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937
13th - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
14th - Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
15th - [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
17th - Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist
19th - Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11)
24th - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
25th - [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands
29th - Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
1st - William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
11th - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
19th - Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80
