Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist   

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.   

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history european and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.   

1861  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.   

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on August - 01.   

1863  On August - 01 battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign   

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on August - 01.   

1864  On August - 01 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens   

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.   

1867  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

1867  On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)   

1869  On this day in history first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.   

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.   

1873  San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 01.   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.   

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

1876  On August - 01 wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.   

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay   

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on August - 01.   

1882  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

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  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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 August - 01.   

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

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

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

1457  On this day in history 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.