Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.   

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

1852  On this day in history sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist   

1855  On August - 01 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

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

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

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on August - 01.   

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on this day in history.   

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

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

1864  On August - 01 battle of Petersburg, VA   

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

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

1867  On this day in history william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)   

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

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

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

1873  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 sF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

1876  On this day in history 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  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.   

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  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on August - 01.   

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.   

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

1883  On August - 01 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

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

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

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 August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.