Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on this day in history.  

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.  

1808  On August - 01 british forces invade Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley, they defeat Gen Dupont August 21, but Wellesley's superiors prevent him from following up his victory  

1812  A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY on this day in history.  

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on this day in history.  

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.  

1814  On August - 01 belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat  

1814  On this day in history maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1815  On August - 01 richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast  

1818  On this day in history maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island  

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1819  The first parachute jump in US on August - 01.  

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) on August - 01.  

1820  On this day in history london's Regent's Canal opens.  

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on this day in history.  

1828  On August - 01 bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.  

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens  

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens to traffic  

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on August - 01.  

1832  Black Hawk defeated (IA) on August - 01.  

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 01.  

1832  The Black Hawk War ends on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished in British empire  

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished through out the British Empire  

1834  On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies  

1836  On August - 01 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil  

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1838  On August - 01 emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas  

1840  On this day in history labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.  

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on this day in history.  

1842  On August - 01 rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens  

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 on this day in history.  

1846  On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83  

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on August - 01.  

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

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

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

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 this day in history.  

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)