Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on August - 01.   

1714  On August - 01 monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter on August - 01.   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01.   

1716  1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) on August - 01.   

1732  On this day in history foundation laid for Bank of England   

1743  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on August - 01.   

1753  On August - 01 charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on August - 01.   

1759  On August - 01 battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  On August - 01 ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

1770  On this day in history william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1774  Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time on this day in history.   

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)   

1780  On August - 01 sweden declares neutrality   

1781  On August - 01 english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia   

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet on August - 01.   

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet on August - 01.   

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on this day in history.   

1787  On August - 01 alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1789  On this day in history uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  First US census (population of 3,939,214) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)   

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on this day in history.   

1793  On August - 01 france becomes 1st country to use the metric system   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1798  On August - 01 the English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile   

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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  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

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.