Page 4: 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  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on this day in history.   

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

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  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on August - 01.   

1861  On this day in history sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

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

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

1863  On this day in history 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  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 August - 01 1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.   

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

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

1882  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1377  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

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  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

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 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  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  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.