Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On this day in history františek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor  

1852  SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.  

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist  

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on August - 01.  

1857  On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies  

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.  

1858  Hans Rott, composer on August - 01.  

1860  European and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867 on August - 01.  

1861  On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy  

1861  On August - 01 sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)  

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1862  On this day in history montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor  

1863  On this day in history battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign  

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on August - 01.  

1864  On August - 01 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens  

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)  

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)  

1867  On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)  

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River  

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.  

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.  

1873  San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones  

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.  

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.  

1876  Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's on August - 01.  

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.  

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on August - 01.  

1881  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay  

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on August - 01.  

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.  

1882  On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43  

1883  On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)  

1883  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

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

1520  On August - 01 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  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.  

1402  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)