Historical Events In August - 01
Friday, 15 January 2021
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
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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