Historical Events In August - 01

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

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 this day in history.   

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  On August - 01 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  On this day in history sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

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

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

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

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

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.   

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

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

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

1881  On August - 01 uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay   

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

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.   

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on this day in history.   

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

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

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

1545  On August - 01 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  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

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