Historical Events In August - 01
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
1812 On August - 01 rare tornado hits Westchester County NY
1813 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.
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 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 this day in history herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1820 London's Regent's Canal opens on August - 01.
1821 On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.
1831 On August - 01 london Bridge opens
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 On August - 01 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc
1832 On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.
1834 Slavery abolished in British empire on August - 01.
1834 On August - 01 slavery abolished through out the British Empire
1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil on August - 01.
1837 On this day in history 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 On August - 01 aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
1842 Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.
1843 On August - 01 robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926
1846 Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1847 Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.
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