Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor.   

1852  SF Methodists establish inaugural black church, Zion Methodist.   

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist   

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants.   

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  The inaugural street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  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.   

1861  Brazil recognizes Confederacy.   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's).   

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas and start of Chattanooga campaign.   

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)   

1864  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens   

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA   

1867  Blacks vote for inaugural time in a state election in South (Tennessee)   

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

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh and Devil, Wind).   

1869  inaugural raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  Oskar Fried, composer   

1873  San Francisco - inaugural cable car begins service.   

1873  The inaugural trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  Colorado is recorded as becoming 38th state   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's   

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5000 volumes   

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain).   

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay.   

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer.   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43.   

1883  A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10000 (forgery)   

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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1313  Emperor kogon of japan: Emperor kogon of japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van herenthals: South netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor go-komatsu of japan: Emperor go-komatsu of japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan scorel: Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund ii augustus: King of poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew melville: Scottish theologian and religious reformer   

1555  Edward kelley: English spirit medium   

1579  Luís vélez de guevara: Spanish writer   

0527  Justinus i: Byzantine emperor (518-27),   

1137  Death of Louis vi: King of france,   

1190  Death of Floris iii: Count of holland,   

1227  Shimazu tadahisa: Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  Edmund of langley: 1st duke of york, son of edward iii of england (b. 1341)   

1457  Death of Laurentius valla: Italian philosopher (voluptate),   

1464  Cosimo de' medici: Ruler of florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon grynaeus: German theologian (b. 1493)