Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on August - 01.   

1690  On this day in history battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on this day in history.   

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  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  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history.   

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

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

1770  On this day in history william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition   

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

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

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

1780  On this day in history sweden declares neutrality   

1781  On this day in history english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia   

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  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on August - 01.   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.   

1789  On August - 01 uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  On this day in history first US census (population of 3,939,214)   

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

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

1793  On August - 01 france becomes 1st country to use the metric system   

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

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

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

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  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

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

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

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