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  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  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01.   

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

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

1755  On this day in history giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer   

1759  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on August - 01.   

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

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history sweden declares neutrality   

1781  English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia on August - 01.   

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet   

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  On August - 01 louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

1787  On August - 01 alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1789  On this day in history uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  On August - 01 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 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  On this day in history whiskey Rebellion begins   

1798  On this day in history 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 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 August - 01.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1520  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

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  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.