Historical Events In August - 01

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

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

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

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.   

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

1858  On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

1862  On this day in history montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

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

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

1867  On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)   

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.   

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

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1873  On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.   

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 01 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  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on August - 01.   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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  On August - 01 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 this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.   

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 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)