Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

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 August - 01.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1861  On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy  

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

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1862  On August - 01 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  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on August - 01.  

1864  On August - 01 battle of Petersburg, VA  

1867  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

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

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River  

1869  On August - 01 1st voyage down Colorado River  

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.  

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  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  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.  

1877  On August - 01 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

1881  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay  

1881  On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer  

1882  On August - 01 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  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

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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  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  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

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

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.  

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)