Historical Events In August - 01

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

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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  On this day in history a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY   

1812  On August - 01 rare tornado hits Westchester County NY   

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

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 August - 01.   

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

1819  On August - 01 the first parachute jump in US   

1819  On this day in history herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

1820  London's Regent's Canal opens on August - 01.   

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 this day in history bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.   

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens   

1831  London Bridge opens to traffic on this day in history.   

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  On August - 01 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  Slavery abolished in British empire on August - 01.   

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

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

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

1837  On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

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

1840  On August - 01 labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.   

1840  On August - 01 aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.   

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

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

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 August - 01.   

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

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 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.