What happend on 31st August

30.08
01.09
1920

Polish-Bolshevik War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

1915

Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914

Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1907

England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente alliance.

1897

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

1895

John Brallier is paid US$10 plus expenses to play football for the Latrobe, Pennsylvania YMCA, making him the first professional football player.

1888

Mary Ann Nicholls is murdered. She is perhaps the first of Jack the Ripper's victims

1886

Earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina

1876

Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.

1864

American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.