Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on August - 01.  

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

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

1855  On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants  

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on August - 01.  

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 01.  

1858  On this day in history hans Rott, composer  

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

1861  On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy  

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.  

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.  

1863  On August - 01 battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign  

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

1864  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on this day in history.  

1864  On August - 01 battle of Petersburg, VA  

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)  

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)  

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on August - 01.  

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River  

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.  

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer  

1873  On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service  

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 01.  

1873  On August - 01 sF's 1st cable car begins service  

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on August - 01.  

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

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on August - 01.  

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

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on August - 01.  

1881  On this day in history emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

1882  On August - 01 vaclav Klicka, composer  

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.  

1883  A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on August - 01.  

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.  

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.  

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  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  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

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