Page 2: 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 August - 01.   

1714  On this day in history richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  On August - 01 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  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.   

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  On August - 01 giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer   

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

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

1774  On August - 01 priestly discovers oxygen   

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

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 August - 01.   

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

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

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 August - 01.   

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

1798  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

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 August - 01.   

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 August - 01.   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On this day in history 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  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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)