Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

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

1852  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

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

1858  Hans Rott, composer on August - 01.   

1860  On this day in history 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  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on August - 01.   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on this day in history.   

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

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on this day in history.   

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  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  On this day in history 1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

1873  On August - 01 san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

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 this day in history.   

1877  On August - 01 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

1877  On August - 01 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)   

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

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

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

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

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

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  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 August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)