Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on this day in history.  

1805  On August - 01 friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51  

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 August - 01 a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY  

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on this day in history.  

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

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

1814  On August - 01 maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1815  On August - 01 richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast  

1818  On this day in history maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island  

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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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 black Hawk defeated (IA)  

1832  On August - 01 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc  

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

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished in British empire  

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  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.  

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on this day in history.  

1840  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.  

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

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.  

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

1846  On this day in history peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83  

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

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1137  On this day in history 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  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

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