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 this day in history.   

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 August - 01 richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  On August - 01 anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

1716  On this day in history 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)   

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  On August - 01 charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on August - 01.   

1759  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on this day in history.   

1766  On August - 01 ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

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

1774  On this day in history joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  On August - 01 priestly discovers oxygen   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on August - 01.   

1779  On August - 01 francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on this day in history.   

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

1787  On this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on this day in history.   

1790  On August - 01 first US census (population of 3,939,214)   

1790  On this day in history 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)   

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on this day in history.   

1793  France becomes 1st country to use the metric system on this day in history.   

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  The English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

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

1227  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

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

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