Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on August - 01.   

1690  Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye on August - 01.   

1711  On August - 01 surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  On this day in history anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

1716  On this day in history 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)   

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

1743  On August - 01 richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1744  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

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

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on August - 01.   

1759  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on August - 01.   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.   

1774  On August - 01 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  On August - 01 priestly discovers oxygen   

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

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  On this day in history louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

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

1789  On August - 01 uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  On August - 01 first US census (population of 3,939,214)   

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

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on August - 01.   

1793  On this day in history france becomes 1st country to use the metric system   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on August - 01.   

1798  On August - 01 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1798  On this day in history the English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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  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 August - 01.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)