Historical Events In August - 01

1910  On August - 01 mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)  

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  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

1912  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1914  On August - 01 british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  

1914  On August - 01 jack Delano, composer  

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

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park established  

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park forms  

1916  On August - 01 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT  

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

1918  On August - 01 british troops enter Vladivostok  

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

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

1919  Stanley Middleton, novelist on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history papendrecht soccer team forms  

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

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

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

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

1926  On August - 01 battles between Druzen & French in Damascus  

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

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  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.  

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.  

1190  On August - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)