Historical Events In August - 01

1910  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) on August - 01.  

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on this day in history.  

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  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)  

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

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

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on this day in history.  

1914  Jack Delano, composer on this day in history.  

1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on this day in history.  

1916  Hawaii National Park established on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park forms  

1916  On August - 01 viscount Hanworth, barrister  

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

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 this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on August - 01.  

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  Stanley Middleton, novelist on this day in history.  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on this day in history.  

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

1920  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies on August - 01.  

1921  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on this day in history.  

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  On August - 01 pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF  

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61  

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

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.  

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.