Historical Events In August - 01
Friday, 25 October 2024
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.
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 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on August - 01.
1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on August - 01.
1714 On this day in history richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter
1714 On this day in history anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49
1716 On August - 01 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England on August - 01.
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 August - 01.
1753 On this day in history charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on this day in history.
1759 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on August - 01.
1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on August - 01.
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 Priestly discovers oxygen on August - 01.
1776 On this day in history formal signing of the Declaration of Independence
1779 On this day in history francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1780 On this day in history sweden declares neutrality
1781 On August - 01 english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
1785 Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet on August - 01.
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 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 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 August - 01 the metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France
1793 On this day in history france becomes 1st country to use the metric system
1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins on this day in history.
1798 British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on August - 01.
1798 The English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile on this day in history.
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