Historical Events In August - 01

1910  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) on this day in history.  

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on August - 01.  

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on this day in history.  

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.  

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

1913  On August - 01 jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)  

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on Russia in WW I  

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.  

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history jack Delano, composer  

1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on this day in history.  

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park established  

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park forms  

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister  

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  On August - 01 start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele  

1917  On August - 01 frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT  

1917  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on August - 01.  

1918  On August - 01 british troops enter Vladivostok  

1918  Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist on August - 01.  

1919  On August - 01 queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam  

1919  Stanley Middleton, novelist on August - 01.  

1920  On August - 01 papendrecht soccer team forms  

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

1920  On August - 01 bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  

1921  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1922  On this day in history hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard  

1922  On August - 01 arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)  

1922  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 on August - 01.  

1923  Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on this day in history.  

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on August - 01.  

1925  On August - 01 john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61  

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on this day in history.  

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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 August - 01.  

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

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  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.