Historical Events For August - 01

1910  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)  

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on this day in history.  

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on August - 01.  

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

1912  On this day in history brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist  

1913  On this day in history jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)  

1914  Germany declares war on Russia in WW I on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.  

1914  On this day in history british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  

1914  On August - 01 jack Delano, composer  

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1915  On August - 01 ronald MacDonald, British major-general  

1916  Hawaii National Park established on August - 01.  

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park forms  

1916  Viscount Hanworth, barrister on August - 01.  

1916  On August - 01 claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies  

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana on August - 01.  

1917  Start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele on August - 01.  

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on August - 01.  

1917  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on this day in history.  

1918  On this day in history wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist  

1919  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam  

1919  On August - 01 stanley Middleton, novelist  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on August - 01.  

1920  Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  

1921  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.  

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on this day in history.  

1922  Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) on August - 01.  

1922  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1923  Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on August - 01.  

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on this day in history.  

1925  John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on August - 01.  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

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

1555  On August - 01 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 this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.  

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.  

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

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.