Writing to Speed on August 24, 1855, Lincoln made the latter point clear.

Founded August 24, 1690 by Job Charnock of the East India Company, and commonly called `` The City of Palaces '', it seemed a vast and elegant place to Ann Hasseltine Judson.

After the Civil War, Doubleday mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865, reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and became the colonel of the 35th U. S. Infantry in September 1867.

Allies within the capital opened the gates for him on August 24, and for three days his troops sacked the city.

Sack of Rome ( 410 ) | The Sack of Rome by the Visigoths on 24 August 410 by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre | J-N Sylvestre ( 1890 )

However, this may be — for our information at this point of the story is meagre — on August 24 410, Alaric and his Visigoths burst in by the Porta Salaria on the northeast of the city.

Alexander II ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam ; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim ) ( 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249 ) was King of Scots from

** August 24 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

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" ( Saturday Review / World, August 24, 1974 )

Fairbanks receives an average 21 hours of daylight between May 10 and August 2 each summer, and an average of less than four hours of daylight between November 18 and January 24 each winter.

Arthur Robert Jensen ( born August 24, 1923 ) is a Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jensen was born August 24, 1923, in San Diego, California, the son of Linda Mary ( née Schachtmayer ) and Arthur Alfred Jensen, who operated and owned a lumber and building materials company.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

Showalter's arrival produced, or coincided with, a turnaround ; the Birds went 34 – 24 in August, September and October.

" In an August 24, 1978, Rolling Stone interview, Bruce Springsteen told Dave Marsh, " I play Buddy Holly every night before I go on ; that keeps me honest.

On August 24, 2010, a statue of Selig, commissioned by Brewers owner Mark Attanasio and designed by artist Brian Maughan, was unveiled outside Miller Park in Milwaukee.

In addition to acting and occasionally directing, Campbell has become a writer, starting with an autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor published on August 24, 2002.

The Bronze Star Medal was established by Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 ( superseded by Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962, as amended by Executive Order 13286, 28 February 2003 ).

The Executive Order was amended by President John F. Kennedy, per Executive Order 11046 dated 24 August 1962, to expand the authorization to include those serving with friendly forces.

After it was shown that at least one such body was larger than Pluto, on August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) reclassified Pluto, grouping it with two similarly sized " dwarf planets " rather than with the eight " classical planets ".

The composer Manuel Robles and the poet Bernardo de Vera y Pintado fulfilled this mandate and their " National Song " debuted on 20 August 1820 in the Domingo Arteaga theater, although other historians claim that it was played and sung during the festivities of September 1819.

* August 5 – Friedrich Engels, German communist philosopher ( b. 1820 )

* August 13 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse ( b. 1820 )

* August 24 – Henry, Count of Chambord, pretender to the French throne ( b. 1820 )

* August 31 – Louisa Lane Drew, actress & theater manager ( b. 1820 )

* August 19 – Truong Dinh, Vietnamese leader ( suicide ) ( b. 1820 )

* August 30 – James Geiss, English businessman ( b. 1820 )

In 1820 constitutionalist insurrections took place at Oporto ( 24 August ) and Lisbon ( 15 September ).

Friedrich Engels (; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895 ) was a German-English industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx.

The major undertaking of this period, however, was a commission obtained in August 1820 with the help of de Pastoret, to paint the Vow of Louis XIII for the Cathedral of Montauban.

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( Caroline Amelia Elizabeth ; later Queen Caroline ; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821 ) was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death.

* 29 January 1820 – 7 August 1821: Her Majesty The Queen

The first Anglo-American expedition to come through the county was led by Stephen H. Long who mistook the Canadian River for the Red River, in August 1820.

Florence Nightingale OM, RRC (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 ) was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician.

* George Frederick Root ( August 30, 1820 – August 6, 1895 ) was an American songwriter, who found particular fame during the American Civil War.

Upon the death of his father, Barry had inherited a sum of money that allowed him, after Coming of age to undertake a Grand Tour, extensively around the Mediterranean and Middle East from 28 June 1817 to August 1820.

* August 6 – George Frederick Root, US composer ( born 1820 )

Henri of Artois, Count of Chambord ( Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d ' Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord ; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883 ) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Henry V, although he was never officially proclaimed as such.

Discussions on the subject were suspended on 5 August 1820, and did not resume until 1823, by which time the commercial value of Singapore was well-recognized by the British.

Daniel Albert Wyttenbach ( August 7, 1746, Bern – January 17, 1820, Oegstgeest ) was a German Swiss classical scholar.

* August 5-Friedrich Engels, German socialist writer ( born 1820 )

* August 7, 1820: 1820 United States Census conducted, eventually determining a population of 9, 638, 453, of which 1, 538, 022 were slaves.