Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.   

1686  On August - 01 benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)   

1690  On this day in history battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye   

1711  Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England   

1714  On August - 01 richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1714  On this day in history anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

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

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on this day in history.   

1743  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist on this day in history.   

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

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on August - 01.   

1759  On August - 01 battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France   

1766  On this day in history ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) on August - 01.   

1780  Sweden declares neutrality on this day in history.   

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

1785  On August - 01 caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet   

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  On this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90   

1789  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on this day in history.   

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

1790  On August - 01 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)   

1793  The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, is introduced in France on August - 01.   

1793  On this day in history 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  The English navy, under Nelson, defeats the French at the Battle of the Nile on this day in history.   

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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 August - 01.   

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.   

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

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

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

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

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  On this day in history 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  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.