Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

1858  Hans Rott, composer on August - 01.  

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.  

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

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on August - 01.  

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

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Petersburg, VA  

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

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.  

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

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.  

1873  San Francisco - first cable car begins service on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state  

1876  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.  

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.  

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

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on August - 01.  

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

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

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  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  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

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

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.