Historical Events In August - 01
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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