Historical Events In August - 01

1798  On this day in history battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet  

1805  On this day in history friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51  

1808  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 on August - 01.  

1812  On August - 01 a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY  

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on August - 01.  

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1814  Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on August - 01.  

1814  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on August - 01.  

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast on this day in history.  

1818  On August - 01 maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island  

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

1819  On August - 01 herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)  

1820  On August - 01 london's Regent's Canal opens.  

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on August - 01.  

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.  

1828  Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic on this day in history.  

1831  London Bridge opens on this day in history.  

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens to traffic  

1832  On this day in history 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War  

1832  Black Hawk defeated (IA) on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc  

1832  The Black Hawk War ends on August - 01.  

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished in British empire  

1834  Slavery abolished through out the British Empire on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 01 robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies  

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil on August - 01.  

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

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on August - 01.  

1840  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.  

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on August - 01.  

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on August - 01.  

1843  On August - 01 robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926  

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

1847  On this day in history guido Papini, violinist/composer  

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

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  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  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 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 August - 01.  

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

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