Historical Events In August - 01

1910  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) on this day in history.  

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on August - 01.  

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on August - 01.  

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.  

1912  On August - 01 brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist  

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

1914  Germany declares war on Russia in WW I on August - 01.  

1914  Germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral on this day in history.  

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on August - 01.  

1914  On August - 01 jack Delano, composer  

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1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on August - 01.  

1916  Hawaii National Park established on this day in history.  

1916  Hawaii National Park forms on this day in history.  

1916  On August - 01 viscount Hanworth, barrister  

1916  Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on August - 01.  

1917  On August - 01 frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana  

1917  On August - 01 start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele  

1917  On August - 01 frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT  

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

1918  On August - 01 british troops enter Vladivostok  

1918  On August - 01 wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist  

1919  Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history stanley Middleton, novelist  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on August - 01.  

1920  On August - 01 jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright  

1920  On August - 01 bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  

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

1922  On August - 01 hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard  

1922  Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) on this day in history.  

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

1923  Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on this day in history.  

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on August - 01.  

1925  John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 on August - 01.  

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on this day in history.  

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.  

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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.  

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

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