WHAT HAPPENED ON 31. AUGUST
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After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. (31. August 1056)

Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil. (31. August 1218)

King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo. (31. August 1314)

King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. (31. August 1422)

War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. (31. August 1795)

Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht. (31. August 1798)

Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning. (31. August 1803)

At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial. (31. August 1813)

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia. (31. August 1864)

Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II. (31. August 1876)

An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina. (31. August 1886)

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. (31. August 1888)

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon. (31. August 1895)

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. (31. August 1897)

Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance. (31. August 1907)

Police attack a union rally during the Dublin Lock-out, killing two people and injuring hundreds. (31. August 1913)

Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów. (31. August 1920)

The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. (31. August 1920)

Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air. (31. August 1936)

In an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts. (31. August 1935)