Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on this day in history.   

1690  On August - 01 battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  On this day in history surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01.   

1716  On August - 01 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)   

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on this day in history.   

1743  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on August - 01.   

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist on August - 01.   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On August - 01 battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on August - 01.   

1770  On August - 01 william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1774  On this day in history joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1779  On August - 01 francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)   

1780  On this day in history sweden declares neutrality   

1781  On this day in history english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia   

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet   

1785  On this day in history caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  On August - 01 louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on August - 01.   

1790  First US census (population of 3,939,214) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)   

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history france becomes 1st country to use the metric system   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1798  On August - 01 the English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)