Historical Events In August - 01

1910  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)   

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on August - 01.   

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 this day in history brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist   

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

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on Russia in WW I   

1914  On August - 01 germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.   

1914  On August - 01 british fleet reaches Scapa Flow   

1914  On August - 01 jack Delano, composer   

1915  Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park established   

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park forms   

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister   

1916  Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT   

1917  On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

1918  On this day in history british troops enter Vladivostok   

1918  Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist on August - 01.   

1919  On August - 01 queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam   

1919  On August - 01 stanley Middleton, novelist   

1920  On this day in history papendrecht soccer team forms   

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

1920  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies on August - 01.   

1921  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on August - 01.   

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  On this day in history pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF   

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on August - 01.   

1925  John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 on August - 01.   

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

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 this day in history.   

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  On August - 01 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  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  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  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)