Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  On this day in history battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet   

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.   

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  On this day in history a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY   

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

1813  On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

1814  On this day in history belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

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

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 this day in history.   

1821  On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1824  On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

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

1831  London Bridge opens on August - 01.   

1831  On August - 01 london Bridge opens to traffic   

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  On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished in British empire   

1834  Slavery abolished through out the British Empire on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies   

1836  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil   

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

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

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

1840  On this day in history aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on August - 01.   

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

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1847  On August - 01 guido Papini, violinist/composer   

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

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

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

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

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

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.