Historical Events In August - 01

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

1911  On August - 01 omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point  

1911  On this day in history kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician  

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1914  Germany declares war on Russia in WW I on August - 01.  

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

1914  On August - 01 british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  

1914  On this day in history jack Delano, composer  

1915  On this day in history ronald MacDonald, British major-general  

1916  Hawaii National Park established on August - 01.  

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park forms  

1916  On August - 01 viscount Hanworth, barrister  

1916  On this day in history claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies  

1917  On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana  

1917  On this day in history start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele  

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.  

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

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on August - 01.  

1918  On August - 01 wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist  

1919  Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam on August - 01.  

1919  On August - 01 stanley Middleton, novelist  

1920  On August - 01 papendrecht soccer team forms  

1920  On August - 01 jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright  

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

1921  On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

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

1922  Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72  

1923  On August - 01 pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF  

1925  On August - 01 shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies  

1925  On this day in history john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61  

1926  On this day in history battles between Druzen & French in Damascus  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history 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  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 August - 01.  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

0527  On this day in history 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  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

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

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

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

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