Historical Events In August - 01

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

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  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.  

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1858  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)  

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1862  On August - 01 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  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on this day in history.  

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.  

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

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)  

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

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 August - 01.  

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  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 August - 01.  

1877  On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)  

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

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.  

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.  

1882  On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43  

1883  A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on this day in history.  

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

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

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

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  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.