He married Helen Leech ( 1839 – 1932 ), the daughter of another wealthy cotton merchant and shipbuilder from Stalybridge, at Gee Cross on 8 August 1863.

Ernest Lawrence Thayer ( August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940 ) was an American writer and poet who wrote " Casey at the Bat ".

Map of the Bombardment of Kagoshima on 15 to 18 August 1863

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* August 14 – William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher ( b. 1863 )

* August 2 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer ( b. 1863 )

* August 5 – Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany ( b. 1863 )

* August 26 – John Bunny American silent film comedian ( b. 1863 )

Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni (; December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945 ) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas.

General Order No. 11 is the title of a Union Army decree issued during the American Civil War on 25 August 1863, forcing the evacuation of rural areas in four counties in western Missouri.

Lady Audley's Secret was partially serialized in Robin Goodfellow magazine July – September 1861, then entirely serialized in Sixpenny Magazine January – December 1862 and once again serialized in London Journal March – August 1863.

The latter was the only important piece he composed between December 1860 and August 1863: the reasons for this probably lie in the painful re-emergence of his subjective crisis in 1860 and the purely objective difficulties which resulted from the emancipation of the serfs the following year – as a result of which the family was deprived of half its estate, and Mussorgsky had to spend a good deal of time in Karevo unsuccessfully attempting to stave off their looming impoverishment.

The Cornwall Railway reached Falmouth on 24 August 1863.

Brunel also designed the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway, but this was not opened until 25 August 1863, nearly four years after his death.

The Civil War came to the county in 1861 and several battles were fought in the area including Lewisburg in May 1862 and White Sulphur Springs in August 1863.

During the Civil War the Battle of Cedar Mountain took place on August 9, 1862 and the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, in Culpeper County.

The brothers and sisters were Jørgine Caroline ( 1854 – 1879 ), Mathilde Sophie ( born 1856 ), Karen Marie ( 1857 – 1876 ), Jørgen Peter ( born 1859 ) emigrated to Australia, Johan Sophus ( 1861 – 1942 ) emigrated to USA, Christian Albert ( born 1863 ) emigrated to USA, Carl August ( 1865 – 1931 ), Anders Jacob ( born 1867 ) emigrated to USA, Helene Christine Louise ( born 1869 ) emigrated to USA, Valdemar Emil ( 1871 – 1965 ), Julie Christine ( born 1872 ), Anna Dusine ( 8 January to 2 April 1875 ). All the children bore the surname Nielsen despite regulations by the Ministry of Church Affairs.

Though most battles were fought in the South, skirmishes between Kansas and Missouri continued until culmination with the Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863.

It was one of the first all-black towns to be formed after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and was incorporated on August 15, 1887.

The charter establishing Sumner was signed on August 9, 1863

* J. Harry Covington, U. S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district ; born in Easton on August 15, 1863

A post office operated from August 1857 to May 1860 and again from December 1863 to April 1902.

It was first called " Stevens ' Landing " and had a post office with that name from January 1856 until January 1860 and from February 1863 until August 1868.

On a petition of sixty residents of Delta, the village was incorporated, August 3, 1863.

Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine – American War.

On the night of August 14, 1944, the Fort Lawton Riot between black U. S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton near Seattle, Washington resulted in Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto being lynched, after which forty-three black soldiers were charged and twenty-eight were convicted of participating in the longest U. S. Army court-martial of World War II, prosecuted by Jaworski.

George Lawton, the son of magistrate and alderman John Lawton, inherited a family fortune and, when he died in August 1949, he left his entire estate ( apart from some legacies ) to the people of Mossley.

Although the Germans held the vital road junction of Vire, the U. S. VII Corps under Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins captured Mortain — east of Avranches — on 3 August.

* Commanders: Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Lawton ( March 1941 – May 1942 ), Maj. Gen. Frank Mahin ( May – July 1942 ), Maj. Gen. John Millikin ( August 1942 – September 1943 ), Maj. Gen. Percy W. Clarkson ( October 1943 – November 1945 ) ; Brig.

Construction of the line was contracted to Messrs. Lawton Brothers of Newcastle, the turning of the sod ceremony took place on 4 August 1858 with Lord Brougham.

Lawton was his company ’ s first sergeant but was promoted to 1st lieutenant on August 20.

Once Santiago fell, Lawton served as military governor between early August and early October 1898.

Released on August 2, 1996, Chain Reaction was directed by Andrew Davis with screenplay by J. F. Lawton and Michael Bortman based on a story by Arne Schmidt, Rick Seaman and Josh Friedman.

On 6 August the town of Lawton sprang up and quickly grew to become the third largest city in Oklahoma.

Geoffrey Lawton Courtnall ( born August 18, 1962 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) from 1983 to 2000.

Lawton signed with the Minnesota Twins on August 12, 1991, after being selected by them in that year's draft.

Lawton was activated from the disabled list on August 18.

On August 9, Lawton hit a game-winning home run against the Chicago White Sox.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926, having become a candidate for United States Senator ; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1926 ; reelected in 1932, 1938 and 1944 and served from March 4, 1927, to January 3, 1951 ; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1950 ; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs ( Seventy-fourth through Seventy-seventh Congresses ), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry ( Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eighty-first Congresses ), Committee on Indian Affairs ( Seventy-eighth Congress ); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D. C., until August 1957 ; returned to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he died September 19, 1965 ; interment in Highland Cemetery.

Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America.

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.

Admiral Arthur Phillip RN ( 11 October 173831 August 1814 ) was the first Governor of New South Wales, and founder of the settlement which became Sydney.

Albert became Duke of Prussia after paying feudal homage to the King of Poland, Zygmunt August ( Ducal Prussia was a fief of Poland ), on July 19, 1569 in Lublin.

Taking command on 13 August 1942, he immediately became a whirlwind of activity.

August A. Busch Jr. became president of Anheuser-Busch in 1946 and began the creation of a national network of breweries.

In August 1954, " Blues " leader LCDR Ray Hawkins became the first naval aviator to survive an ejection at supersonic speeds when his F9F-6 became uncontrollable on a cross-country flight.

On 10 August Bombardier Paul Challenor became the first soldier to be killed by the Provisional IRA in Derry, when he was shot by a sniper on the Creggan estate.

On 11 August 1960, Chad became an independent country and François Tombalbaye became its first President.

On 13 August 1960 the Central African Republic became an independent country and David Dacko became its first President.

The country became independent on 7 August 1960.

On 17 August 1990, the Serbs began what became known as the Log Revolution, where barricades of logs were placed across roads throughout the South as an expression of their secession from Croatia.

Attlee became a lecturer at the London School of Economics in 1912, but promptly applied for a Commission in August 1914 for World War I.

Coldcut and Mark Saunders produced her debut solo single " This Is the Right Time " which became another UK Top 20 hit in August as well as reaching # 21 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year.

After starting the season 15 – 35, though, the team had some success later in the year, going a respectable 30 – 28 in August and September as the youngsters became more experienced.

The Constitution of the Cook Islands took effect on August 4, 1965, when the Cook Islands became a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand.

On 17 August 1498, Cesare became the first person in history to resign the cardinalate.

It did so by buying a small startup company called Amiga Corporation in August 1984, for $ 25 million ($ 12. 8 million in cash & 550, 000 in common shares ) which became a subsidiary of Commodore, called Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Commodore brought this new 32-bit computer design ( initially codenamed " Lorraine ", later dubbed the Amiga 1000 ) to market in the fall of 1985 for US $ 1295.

The first American-made pocket-sized calculator, the Bowmar 901B ( popularly referred to as The Bowmar Brain ), measuring 5. 2 × 3. 0 × 1. 5 in ( 131 × 77 × 37 mm ), came out in the Autumn of 1971, with four functions and an eight-digit red LED display, for $ 240, while in August 1972 the four-function Sinclair Executive became the first slimline pocket calculator measuring 5. 4 × 2. 2 × 0. 35 in ( 138 × 56 × 9 mm ) and weighing 2. 5 oz ( 70g ).

Their second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, was born on August 3, 1922, while they were in Panama ; John served in the United States Army, retired as a brigadier general, became an author and served as U. S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.

* David Edward Brewster ( 17 August 1815 –) became a military officer ( Lieutenant Colonel ) serving in India.

Poe became assistant editor of the periodical in August 1835, but was discharged within a few weeks for having been caught drunk by his boss.