Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

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

1911  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

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

1913  Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on August - 01.  

1914  Jack Delano, composer on August - 01.  

1915  On August - 01 ronald MacDonald, British major-general  

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park established  

1916  Hawaii National Park forms on August - 01.  

1916  Viscount Hanworth, barrister on this day in history.  

1916  On August - 01 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  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  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.  

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

1918  On August - 01 british troops enter Vladivostok  

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

1919  Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam on August - 01.  

1919  On August - 01 stanley Middleton, novelist  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on August - 01.  

1920  On this day in history jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright  

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

1921  On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

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

1922  On this day in history arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)  

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  On August - 01 shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies  

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

1926  On August - 01 battles between Druzen & French in Damascus  

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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 August - 01.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history 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  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1227  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)