Historical Events In August - 01

1910  On August - 01 mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)  

1911  On this day in history omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point  

1911  On August - 01 kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician  

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

1912  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on August - 01.  

1913  On August - 01 jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)  

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on Russia in WW I  

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.  

1914  On this day in history british fleet reaches Scapa Flow  

1914  On this day in history jack Delano, composer  

1915  On this day in history ronald MacDonald, British major-general  

1916  Hawaii National Park established on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park forms  

1916  Viscount Hanworth, barrister on August - 01.  

1916  Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.  

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana on this day in history.  

1917  Start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT  

1917  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1918  On this day in history british troops enter Vladivostok  

1918  On this day in history wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist  

1919  On August - 01 queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam  

1919  Stanley Middleton, novelist on this day in history.  

1920  On August - 01 papendrecht soccer team forms  

1920  Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on August - 01.  

1920  On this day in history bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  

1921  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on August - 01.  

1922  On this day in history hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard  

1922  On August - 01 arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)  

1922  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 on August - 01.  

1923  On this day in history pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF  

1925  On this day in history shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies  

1925  On August - 01 john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61  

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on August - 01.  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

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  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

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  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 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  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

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 this day in history.