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  On this day in history sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist  

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on August - 01.  

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

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

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.  

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  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.  

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.  

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

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

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

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

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.  

1867  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on August - 01.  

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.  

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

1873  On August - 01 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 August - 01 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  On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

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  On August - 01 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  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  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.  

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