Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On August - 01 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on this day in history.   

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  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on this day in history.   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter on August - 01.   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01.   

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

1732  On this day in history foundation laid for Bank of England   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.   

1744  On August - 01 jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist on this day in history.   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On August - 01 battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  On this day in history ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 01.   

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

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history formal signing of the Declaration of Independence   

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) on August - 01.   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on this day in history.   

1781  On August - 01 english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia   

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

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  On August - 01 louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1793  On this day in history the metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France   

1793  France becomes 1st country to use the metric system on August - 01.   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on August - 01.   

1798  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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  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  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

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

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

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)