Historical Events In August - 01
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1798 Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on August - 01.
1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
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 On August - 01 a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
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 On this day in history maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast on August - 01.
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island on this day in history.
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 August - 01 london's Regent's Canal opens.
1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 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 Black Hawk defeated (IA) on August - 01.
1832 On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc
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 August - 01.
1837 On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies
1838 Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on August - 01.
1840 On August - 01 labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on August - 01.
1842 On this day in history rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens
1843 On August - 01 robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926
1846 Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.
1847 Guido Papini, violinist/composer on August - 01.
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