Historical Events Happened 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  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  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on August - 01.  

1913  Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) on this day in history.  

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on Russia in WW I  

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

1914  On August - 01 british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  

1914  On August - 01 jack Delano, composer  

1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on August - 01.  

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park established  

1916  Hawaii National Park forms on August - 01.  

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister  

1916  Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on August - 01.  

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

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

1917  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.  

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on August - 01.  

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

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

1919  Stanley Middleton, novelist on August - 01.  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on this day in history.  

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

1920  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies on this day in history.  

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

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on August - 01.  

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

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

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

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

1925  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

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  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  On this day in history 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  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.  

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.  

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

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

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

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

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 August - 01.  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.