Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On August - 01 pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)   

1690  On August - 01 battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on August - 01.   

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

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter on this day in history.   

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

1716  1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) on August - 01.   

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

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

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

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  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on this day in history.   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

1770  On August - 01 william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1774  On August - 01 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  On this day in history priestly discovers oxygen   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on August - 01.   

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) on this day in history.   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on August - 01.   

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

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

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet on August - 01.   

1786  On this day in history louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

1787  On this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on this day in history.   

1790  On August - 01 first US census (population of 3,939,214)   

1790  1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) on this day in history.   

1793  On August - 01 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 this day in history.   

1798  On August - 01 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

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

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

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)