Historical Events In August - 01

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

1852  On this day in history sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist  

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on this day in history.  

1855  On August - 01 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants  

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

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

1858  On this day in history hans Rott, composer  

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

1861  On this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy  

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

1862  On August - 01 montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor  

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

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Petersburg, VA  

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

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on this day in history.  

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on this day in history.  

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

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.  

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer  

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

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 August - 01 colorado becomes 38th state  

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 this day in history.  

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

1881  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 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 August - 01 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

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

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

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  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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

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