Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  On August - 01 battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet   

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

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  A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY on August - 01.   

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

1813  On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

1814  On this day in history belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

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 August - 01 the first parachute jump in US   

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

1820  On this day in history london's Regent's Canal opens.   

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1824  On August - 01 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

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

1831  London Bridge opens on August - 01.   

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

1832  On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished in British empire   

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

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

1836  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil   

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.   

1838  On this day in history emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas   

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

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on this day in history.   

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

1847  On August - 01 guido Papini, violinist/composer   

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On this day in history 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 August - 01 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 August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)