Editing August 31 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[William Livingston]], the first [[Governor of New Jersey]], begins serving his first term.
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]]: The British [[Capture of Trincomalee (1795)|capture Trincomalee]] (present-day [[Sri Lanka]]) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|Irish Rebellion]]: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived [[Republic of Connacht]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the [[Battle of San Marcial]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; During the [[American Civil War]], [[Union Army|Union]] forces led by General [[William T. Sherman]] launch an [[Battle of Jonesborough|assault]] on [[Atlanta]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Sultan]] [[Murad V]] is deposed and succeeded by his brother, [[Abdul Hamid II]].
*[[1886]] &ndash; The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1886 Charleston earthquake|Charleston earthquake]] affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6&nbsp;million.
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is murdered. She is the first of [[Jack the Ripper]]'s confirmed victims.
*[[1895]] &ndash; German Count [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]] patents his ''[[Zeppelin|navigable balloon]]''.