Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 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 August - 01.   

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 August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  On this day in history hans Rott, composer   

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 August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy   

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

1862  On this day in history montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on this day in history.   

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

1864  On this day in history 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens   

1864  On August - 01 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 August - 01.   

1867  On this day in history william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)   

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River   

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

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.   

1873  On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

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

1873  On August - 01 sF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on August - 01.   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's on this day in history.   

1877  On August - 01 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

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

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

1881  On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

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  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

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

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.