Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on August - 01.   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.   

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on August - 01.   

1857  On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 01 hans Rott, composer   

1860  European and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867 on August - 01.   

1861  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on August - 01.   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.   

1862  On August - 01 montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on August - 01.   

1863  On August - 01 gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)   

1864  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on August - 01.   

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.   

1867  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on August - 01.   

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on this day in history.   

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on this day in history.   

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  On this day in history 1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

1873  San Francisco - first cable car begins service on August - 01.   

1873  On August - 01 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.   

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

1876  On August - 01 wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1877  On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

1877  On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)   

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on August - 01.   

1881  On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

1882  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer   

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.   

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

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  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.   

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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

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

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 August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 01.