Aug 2 1st parachute jump in US by Frenchman Louis-Charles Guille over Jersey City Aug 6 Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States Aug 7 Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia Aug 16 Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England: cavalry charges demonstrators, 15 people killed and 400–700 injured Aug 17 The Church Missionary Society establishes New Zealand's second mission station at Kerikeri Paris Salon Aug 25 Paris Salon opens with Théodore Géricault’s painting "Raft of the Medusa" causing a sensation Painter Théodore Géricault Jul 1819 Historical Events by Year Sep 1819 Famous People Who Were Admirals Aviators Gangsters Generals Industrialists Suffragists
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