Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

1808  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 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1814  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast  

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island on August - 01.  

1819  On August - 01 the first parachute jump in US  

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) on August - 01.  

1820  On August - 01 london's Regent's Canal opens.  

1821  On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1824  On August - 01 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer  

1828  On August - 01 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 this day in history.  

1832  On August - 01 black Hawk defeated (IA)  

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

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

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished in British empire  

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished through out the British Empire  

1834  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on August - 01.  

1840  On this day in history labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.  

1840  On this day in history aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer  

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.  

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 on this day in history.  

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1847  On August - 01 guido Papini, violinist/composer  

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.  

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)