Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.   

1852  SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies   

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

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 this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy   

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

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

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Petersburg, VA   

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

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

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.   

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

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

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

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on August - 01.   

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

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on August - 01.   

1881  On August - 01 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  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 August - 01.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.   

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)