Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.   

1855  On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  Hans Rott, composer on August - 01.   

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  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  On this day in history battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign   

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on August - 01.   

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

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  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 August - 01.   

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  On this day in history 1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

1873  On August - 01 san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

1873  On August - 01 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on this day in history.   

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1882  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.   

1883  On August - 01 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

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

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

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

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  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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)