Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  On August - 01 battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet   

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1808  On August - 01 british forces invade Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley, they defeat Gen Dupont August 21, but Wellesley's superiors prevent him from following up his victory   

1812  On August - 01 a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY   

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on this day in history.   

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.   

1814  On August - 01 belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

1814  On August - 01 maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1815  On this day in history richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast   

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island on this day in history.   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) on this day in history.   

1820  London's Regent's Canal opens on August - 01.   

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.   

1828  On August - 01 bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.   

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens   

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens to traffic   

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on this day in history.   

1832  Black Hawk defeated (IA) on August - 01.   

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 01.   

1832  On this day in history the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished in British empire   

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished through out the British Empire   

1834  On August - 01 robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil on August - 01.   

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas   

1840  On August - 01 labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.   

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on this day in history.   

1842  On August - 01 rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens   

1843  On August - 01 robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926   

1846  On this day in history peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83   

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

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

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

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

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

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

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)