Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On this day in history frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

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

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 this day in history.   

1858  On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history 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 this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy   

1861  On August - 01 sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

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

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  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 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  Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 01 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

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

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

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

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.   

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

1883  On August - 01 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 August - 01.   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history 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  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.