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  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.  

1855  On August - 01 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants  

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 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 August - 01.  

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

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

1864  On August - 01 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens  

1864  On this day in history battle of Petersburg, VA  

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

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on August - 01.  

1867  On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)  

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.  

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

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service  

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state  

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  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer  

1882  On this day in history 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  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.  

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.  

1227  On August - 01 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 August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

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