Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on this day in history.   

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

1808  On this day in history 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  A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY on this day in history.   

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

1813  On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

1814  Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on August - 01.   

1814  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast on August - 01.   

1818  On August - 01 maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

1819  On this day in history the first parachute jump in US   

1819  On this day in history herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

1820  London's Regent's Canal opens on this day in history.   

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on August - 01.   

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.   

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

1831  London Bridge opens on August - 01.   

1831  London Bridge opens to traffic on this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history black Hawk defeated (IA)   

1832  On August - 01 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  The Black Hawk War ends on this day in history.   

1834  Slavery abolished in British empire on August - 01.   

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

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on this day in history.   

1840  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.   

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

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on August - 01.   

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 on this day in history.   

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  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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

1227  On August - 01 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.