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6th of August 1824. Peruvian War of Independence: Battle of Junín – Pro-independence forces defeat the Spanish in the highlands of the Junín region.
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1st of August 1624. Martinus Sonck, new commander of the Dutch fort and trading base on Peng-hu, arrives at the Pescadores on board the ship "Zeelandia".
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Early August 1424. The castle of Ivry surrenders to the English before it can be relieved by the Scottish troops, who then turn to Verneuil-sur-Avre, which they conquer by ruse.
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2nd of August 924. Ælfweard of Wessex, briefly a claimant for the throne of England and favoured by the nobility of Wessex, dies at the age of 23 only sixteen days after the death of his father.
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4th of August 1624. The Dutch East India Company agrees to Chinese demands to withdraw its operations from the Penghu islands, and relocates its trading post to Fort Zeelandia and the Dutch-controlled island of Formosa, now Tainan on Taiwan.
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4th of August 1724. Drapier's Letters: The Drapier's second letter, "A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, upon Occasion of a Paragraph in his News-Paper of Aug. 1st, Relating to Mr. Wood's Half-Pence", is printed, in response to the British Privy Council's testing of Wood's coin.
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4th of August 1824. France: Ministerial reshuffle. Chateaubriand ceases to be Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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3rd of August 1224. Siege of La Rochelle: The city is surrendered, French troops enter the city soon after. End of the siege.
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5th of August 1324. The Blitar Regency is established on the island of Java (later part of Indonesia) by Java's King Jayanegara of Majapahit.
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