Page 3: 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 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  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on this day in history.   

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

1818  On August - 01 maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

1819  On this day in history 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  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1824  On August - 01 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

1828  Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic on August - 01.   

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens   

1831  London Bridge opens to traffic on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War   

1832  On August - 01 black Hawk defeated (IA)   

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 01.   

1832  The Black Hawk War ends on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished in British empire   

1834  Slavery abolished through out the British Empire on August - 01.   

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on August - 01.   

1836  On August - 01 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil   

1837  On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1838  On August - 01 emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas   

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 this day in history robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926   

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

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

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  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.