Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on this day in history.   

1690  On August - 01 battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  On this day in history surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on August - 01.   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter on August - 01.   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

1716  1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) on this day in history.   

1732  On August - 01 foundation laid for Bank of England   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history.   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on August - 01.   

1753  On this day in history charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on August - 01.   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on August - 01.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on August - 01.   

1779  On August - 01 francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on this day in history.   

1781  English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia on this day in history.   

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet on this day in history.   

1785  Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet on August - 01.   

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on August - 01.   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.   

1789  On August - 01 uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  On this day in history first US census (population of 3,939,214)   

1790  1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves) on this day in history.   

1793  On August - 01 the metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France   

1793  On August - 01 france becomes 1st country to use the metric system   

1794  On August - 01 whiskey Rebellion begins   

1798  On August - 01 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1798  On August - 01 the English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile   

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

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

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 August - 01 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 August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.