Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on August - 01.  

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

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

1812  On this day in history rare tornado hits Westchester County NY  

1813  On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60  

1814  Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on this day in history.  

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

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast on August - 01.  

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island on this day in history.  

1819  On August - 01 the first parachute jump in US  

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) on this day in history.  

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

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.  

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

1831  London Bridge opens on August - 01.  

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

1832  On this day in history the Black Hawk War ends.  

1834  Slavery abolished in British empire on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished through out the British Empire  

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  On August - 01 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  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on August - 01.  

1842  On this day in history rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens  

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

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.  

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

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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 August - 01.  

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

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

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 August - 01 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 August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)