31 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 31, the day number in a year is 243 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 244. August 31 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 31 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1422 | Henry VI was declared king of Britain at just nine months old. |
| 1715 | England's Old Dock Liverpool was inaugurated by an engineer named Thomas Steer. |
| 1724 | When Louis I of Spain dies due to illness at the age of 17, his father Philip V takes the throne again. |
| 1745 | Jacoti Rise 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie Blair Castle Scotland. |
| 1778 | During the British Revolution, 17 Sharebridge Indians were killed in the British Bronx. |
| 1798 | Irish Rebellion of 1798-Irish rebels, with French assistance,established the short-lived Republic of Connaught. |
| 1813 | Peninsular War-At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's lastmajor offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army. |
| 1827 | Frederick John Robinson, the first Viscount Goderich, became Prime Minister of Britain after the death of George Canning. |
| 1843 | The Liberty Party nominated James Birness to be the presidential candidate. |
| 1871 | Adolphe Thiers was made President of the French Republic. |
| 1876 | Abdul Hamid II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire when hisbrother Murad V was deposed. |
| 1881 | Tennis championship was played for the first time in America. |
| 1886 | Croker National Bank started in Woolworth. |
| 1887 | Kinetoscope patented by Thomas Edison. This device was used to produce films. |
| 1888 | Mary Ann Nichols' body was found on the ground in front of agated stable entrance in Buck's Row, London, allegedly the first victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. |
| 1897 | Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope a precursor to the movie projector. |
| 1915 | Germany established the 12th Army for the Eastern Front, but was abolished a year later. |
| 1919 | American Communist Party was established |
| 1920 | Belgium introduced old age pension for its citizens. |
| 1935 | In an effort to stay out of the growing European conflict, theUnited States passed the first of its Neutrality Acts. |
| 1939 | Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against theGerman radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia,Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day. |
| 1944 | West Indies great batsman Clive Lloyd was born. In his career, he scored 7515 runs in 110 Tests and 1977 runs in 87 ODIs. |
| 1945 | The Liberal Party of Australia, one of the two major Australianpolitical parties, was founded to replace the United Australia Party. |
| 1952 | Grayslandering Recktrack, closed in Wegberg, Germany. |
| 1955 | The first microwave-based TV station was established in Lufkin, Texas. |
| 1956 | The then President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad approved the State Reorganization Bill. |
| 1957 | British have given over the power to their colony of Malaya, yet it will continue to exist as a member of the British Commonwealth. |
| 1959 | A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Ðình Nhu, younger brother andchief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Di?m, failedto kill Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. |
| 1964 | California officially became America's most populous province. |
| 1965 | The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, a large, wide-bodied cargoaircraft used for ferrying outsized cargo components, made its firstflight. |
| 1968 | Two-stage rounding rocket Rohini-MSV1 was successfully launched in India. |
| 1982 | Anti-government demonstrations were held in 66 Polish cities tocommemorate the second anniversary of the Gdansk Agreement, whichallowed the Solidarity trade union to be established. |
| 1986 | Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a privately owned PiperPA-28 Cherokee aircraft over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the airand 15 on the ground. |
| 1987 | Michael Jackson released his hit album "Bad". |
| 1992 | Dynamite explosion in Philippines mine; 500 die. |
| 1997 | Britain's Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al-Khana were killed in a car accident in Paris. His car crashed into a pavement. At that time, Diana was only 36 years old. |
| 1998 | North Korea claimed to have successfully launched Kwangmyongsong-1, its first satellite, although no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch. |
| 1998 | North Korea fired ballistic missiles at Japan. |
| 1999 | A Boeing 737 Flight 3142 belonging to Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA) crashes in Buenos Aires immediately after take off, killing around 69 people. |
| 2005 | A stampede in Baghdad kills almost 1,200 people on Wednesday. The cause was when thousands of Shia Muslims began marching to a shrine.. |
| 2005 | More than 1000 people died in a stampede on the Al-Immmah Bridge in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. |
| 2007 | The World Health Organization announces an eruption of an unexplored disease, which has a high mortality rate, in the region of Kasai Occidental A form of hemorrhagic fever is thought to be the cause of the outbreak. |
| 2009 | Lesbians are granted equal birth rights in England and Wales. |
| 2010 | Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are discovered in Romania. |
| 2010 | US military encroachments in Iraq since 2003 were officially ended. |
| 2011 | The German city of Bonn introduced a meter to tax prostitutes. The meter would tax prostitutes at a rate of six euros per night, and it was put in operation near an industrial area often used by prostitutes. |
| 2012 | Apple loses a copyright case against Samsung Electronics smart phones and tablets in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 2012 | The 16th NAM Summit ended in Tehran, Iran. |
| 2013 | In Shanghai, a chemical leak killed 15 people and wounded at least 26. The leakage was of liquid ammonia, which happened in a cold storage unit owned by a seafood company. |
Famous Birthdays of August 31:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1919 | Amrita Preetam / Poet / India |
| 1965 | Zsolt Borkai / Politician / Hungary |
| 1931 | Noble Willingham / Actor / United States of America |
| 1905 | Robert Bacher / Academic / United States of America |
| 1969 | Jonathan LaPaglia / Actor / Australia |
| 1953 | Miguel Ángel Guerra / Racing Car Driver / Argentina |
| 1936 | Vladimir Orlov / Journalist / Russia |
| 1982 | Chris Duhon / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1963 | Reb Beach / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1982 | Josh Kroeger / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1947 | Yumiko Ōshima / Author / Japan |
| 1979 | Clay Hensley / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1988 | David Ospina / Footballer / Colombia |
| 1967 | Anita Moen / Skier / Norway |
| 1977 | Ian Harte / Footballer / Ireland |
| 1918 | Alan Jay Lerner / Writer / United States of America |
| 1944 | Liz Forgan / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1949 | Hugh David Politzer / Academic / United States of America |
| 1919 | Amruta Preetam / Novelist / India |
| 1946 | Tom Coughlin / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1916 | Danny Litwhiler / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1968 | Valdon Dowiyogo / Politician / Nauru |
| 1955 | Edwin Moses / Hurdler / United States of America |
| 1940 | Wilton Felder / Saxophonist / United States of America |
| 1951 | Sirje Tamul / Author / Estonia |
| 1821 | Hermann von Helmholtz / Physician / Germany |
| 1945 | Van Morrison / Singer / Ireland |
| 1952 | Herbert Reul / Politician / Germany |
| 1993 | Ilnur Alshin / Footballer / Russia |
| 1896 | Félix-Antoine Savard / Author / Canada |
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Read in Hindi : 31 अगस्त की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं