What is August 31?
{{calendar}} {{day}} It is the last day of the second third of the year. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1056]] &ndash; [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Empress]] [[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]] dies suddenly without children to succeed the [[throne]], ending the [[Macedonian dynasty]]. * [[1314]] &ndash; [[Norway]]'s capital is moved from [[Bergen]] to [[Oslo]]. * [[1422]] &ndash; King [[Henry V of England]] dies in [[France]] from [[dysentery]]. [[Henry VI of England]] becomes king of [[England]] at the age of just under nine months. * [[1798]] &ndash; Irish Rebellion of 1798: [[Ireland|Irish]] rebels, with French assistance, establish the short–lived [[Republic of Connacht]]. * [[1803]] &ndash; [[Meriwether Lewis]] and [[William Clark]] start their expedition west by leaving [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] at 11 in the morning. * [[1812]] &ndash; Troop transporter ''Salvador'' runs aground on the Rio de la Plata, between [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]], killing 470 people, of the 600 on board. * [[1813]] &ndash; At the final stage of the [[Peninsular War]], British and Portuguese forces capture Donostia, now known as [[San Sebastian]], in the [[Basque Country]], resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the [[town]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[Costa Rica]] becomes independent from the Federal [[Republic]] of [[Central America]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[United States|Union]] forces led by General [[William T. Sherman]] launch an assault on [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. * [[1876]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]] [[Murat V]] is deposed and succeeded by his brother [[Abd-ul-Hamid II]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; An [[Earthquake]] kills 100 in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. * [[1888]] &ndash; Mary Ann Nicholls is murdered. She is perhaps the first of [[Jack the Ripper]]'s victims * [[1895]] &ndash; John Brallier is paid [[US$]]10 plus expenses to play football for the [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]] YMCA, making him the first professional [[American football|football]] player. * [[1897