Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

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

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history european and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.   

1861  Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on this day in history.   

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

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

1863  On this day in history gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)   

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Petersburg, VA   

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  First raft voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.   

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

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

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 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 this day in history.   

1877  On August - 01 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 August - 01.   

1881  On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.   

1882  On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

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

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

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

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)