Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War’]
28 August 1879
Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande’]
27 August 410
The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(410)’]
26 August 1791
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat’]
25 August 1940
The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II’]
24 August 1891
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison’]
23 August 1831
Nat Turner’s slave rebellion is suppressed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_slave_rebellion’]
22 August 1851
The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Cup’]
21 August 1991
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt’]
20 August 1882
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_Overture’]