Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare).   

1690  Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov.   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig is recorded as becoming king George I of England   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

1716  1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)   

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46.   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer   

1759  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition.   

1774  Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the inaugural time.   

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence.   

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner).   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality   

1781  English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia.   

1785  Caroline Herschel is recorded as becoming inaugural woman discoverer of a comet.   

1785  Caroline Herschel is recorded as becoming 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister.   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90.   

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act.   

1790  inaugural US census (population of 3939214).   

1790  1st US census (population of 3939214; 697624 are slaves)   

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France.   

1793  France is recorded as becoming 1st country to use the metric system.   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins.   

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1798  The English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile.   

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1313  Emperor kogon of japan: Emperor kogon of japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van herenthals: South netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor go-komatsu of japan: Emperor go-komatsu of japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan scorel: Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund ii augustus: King of poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew melville: Scottish theologian and religious reformer   

1555  Edward kelley: English spirit medium   

1579  Luís vélez de guevara: Spanish writer   

0527  Justinus i: Byzantine emperor (518-27),   

1137  Death of Louis vi: King of france,   

1190  Death of Floris iii: Count of holland,   

1227  Death of Shimazu tadahisa: Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  Edmund of langley: 1st duke of york, son of edward iii of england (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius valla: Italian philosopher (voluptate),   

1464  Cosimo de' medici: Ruler of florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Simon grynaeus: German theologian (b. 1493)