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The August Revolution (Vietnamese: Cách-mạng tháng Tám), also known as the August General Uprising (Vietnamese: Tổng khởi-nghĩa giành chính-quyền tháng Tám, lit. 'the Total uprising to seize power in August'), was a revolution led by the Việt Minh against the Empire of Vietnam from 16 August to 2 September 1945.
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. [1] Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, [4] commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one schooner, Linzee chased the second one ...
The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic .
Delegates in Vermont, which was not one of the Thirteen Colonies, establish a republic and adopt a constitution, the first in what is now the territory of the United States to prohibit slavery (July 8) Battle of Fort Anne (July 8) Siege of Fort Stanwix (August 2–23) Battle of Oriskany (August 6) Battle of Machias (1777) (August 13–14)
The 8888 Uprising, [a] also known as the People Power Uprising [b] and the 1988 Uprising, [c] was a series of nationwide protests, [9] marches, and riots [10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". [11]
The events as related by R. M. Johnston [3] provide an apparently clear link between the Day of the Tiles, the Assembly of Vizille and the start of the revolution proper. The event was commemorated by Alexandre Debelle 's The Day of the Tiles, 13 July 1788 , painted in 1889. [ 19 ]
Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the British Army departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War.In their wake, General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army from his headquarters north of the city across the Harlem River, and south through Manhattan to the Battery at its southern tip.
August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 685 BC ...