Historical Events In August - 01

1798  On this day in history battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet  

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.  

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  A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY on this day in history.  

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  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on August - 01.  

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

1818  On this day in history 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 August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1824  On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer  

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

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens  

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 August - 01.  

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on this day in history.  

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

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

1834  On August - 01 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  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  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 on August - 01.  

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

1847  On this day in history guido Papini, violinist/composer  

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.  

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

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  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  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

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