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What Happened in August 1845

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Historical Events

  • Aug 4 Emigrant ship Cataraqui wrecks in Bass Strait with the loss of 400 lives, only nine survive, Australia's deadliest maritime civil disaster [1]
  • Aug 6 The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg
  • Aug 28 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue
Events in 1845

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 9 Brother André [Alfred Bessette], Canadian Roman Catholic lay brother and saint (St Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal), born in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada (d. 1937)
  • Aug 9 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter and illustrator, born in Laken, Belgium (d. 1921)
  • Aug 10 Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher, born in Karauyl, Semipalatinsk, Russian Empire (now Abay District, Kazakhstan) (d. 1904)
  • Aug 15 Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott), born in Liverpool (d. 1915)
  • Aug 16 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor, born in Bonnevoie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (d. 1921)
  • Aug 20 Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint, born in Igołomia, Małopolskie, Congress Poland (d. 1916)
  • Aug 22 William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1924)
  • Aug 24 James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
  • Aug 25 Ludwig II, Mad king of Bavaria (1864-86), born in Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Germany (d. 1886)

Mary Ann Nichols (1845-1888)

Aug 26 English prostitute and 1st victim of Jack the Ripper, born in London

Mary Ann Nichols

Born in 1845


What Happened in 1845

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