Historical Events In August - 01

1848  František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants  

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

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 01.  

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.  

1860  On August - 01 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  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.  

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on this day in history.  

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.  

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on August - 01.  

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on this day in history.  

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

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.  

1867  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.  

1867  On August - 01 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 August - 01.  

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on August - 01.  

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

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.  

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

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

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

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

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  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)