Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  On this day in history pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)   

1690  Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye on this day in history.   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on this day in history.   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on August - 01.   

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

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

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

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on this day in history.   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history 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  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

1770  On August - 01 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  On this day in history priestly discovers oxygen   

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  Sweden declares neutrality on August - 01.   

1781  English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia on August - 01.   

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

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet   

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on August - 01.   

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

1790  1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) on August - 01.   

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

1793  France becomes 1st country to use the metric system on August - 01.   

1794  On August - 01 whiskey Rebellion begins   

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

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

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

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

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On this day in history 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  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.