Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On August - 01 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer  

1686  On August - 01 benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)  

1690  Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye on August - 01.  

1711  On August - 01 surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov  

1714  On this day in history monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England  

1714  On August - 01 richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter  

1714  On August - 01 anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49  

1716  1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) on this day in history.  

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on this day in history.  

1743  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46  

Advertisements

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on this day in history.  

1753  On August - 01 charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist  

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on August - 01.  

1759  On this day in history battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France  

1766  On August - 01 ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer  

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.  

1774  Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time on August - 01.  

1774  On August - 01 priestly discovers oxygen  

1776  On August - 01 formal signing of the Declaration of Independence  

1779  On August - 01 francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on this day in history.  

1781  English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia on this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet  

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet on this day in history.  

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on this day in history.  

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on August - 01.  

1790  First US census (population of 3,939,214) on this day in history.  

1790  1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) on August - 01.  

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on August - 01.  

1793  France becomes 1st country to use the metric system on this day in history.  

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on this day in history.  

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on this day in history.  

1798  The English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile on August - 01.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1457  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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)