And the next date in the calendar is....

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17 August 1887 – Birth of Emperor Charles I of Austria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Austria

 

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18 August 1830 – Birth of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria

 

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19 August 1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart

 

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20 August 1914 – Death of Pope Pius X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_X

 

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21 August 1940 – Death of Leon Trotsky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky

 

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22 August 1485 – Murder of King Richard III of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

 

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23 August 1754 – Birth of King Louis XVI of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France

 

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24 August 1113 – Birth of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet,_Count_of_Anjou

 

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25 August 1900 – Death of Friedrich Nietzsche.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

 

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26 August 1819 – Birth of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort

 

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27 August 1877 – Birth of Charles Rolls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rolls

 

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28 August 1592 – Birth of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

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29 August 1350 – Battle of Winchelsea: The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Winchelsea

 

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30 August 1797 – Birth of Mary Shelley, English author.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley

 

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31 August 1880 – Birth of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands

 

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1 September 1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years – the longest of any major European monarch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France

 

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2 September 1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1807)

 

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3 September 1658 – Death of Oliver Cromwell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell

 

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4 September 476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_Augustulus

 

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5 September 1666 – Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London