Historical Events In August - 01

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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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 August - 01.   

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

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 August - 01.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

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