Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On this day in history frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

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

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist   

1855  On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on August - 01.   

1858  On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

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  On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy   

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

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign   

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

1864  On this day in history 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens   

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.   

1867  Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.   

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on August - 01.   

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on August - 01.   

1869  On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history oskar Fried, composer   

1873  On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on this day in history.   

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.   

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

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.   

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on August - 01.   

1881  On August - 01 uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay   

1881  On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

1882  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.   

1883  A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on August - 01.   

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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

1322  On this day in history 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  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history 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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on this day in history.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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.