Page 3: 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  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 this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1821  On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens to traffic   

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

1832  On August - 01 black Hawk defeated (IA)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 August - 01.   

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926   

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

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  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

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  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

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  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On this day in history 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 August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

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

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)