Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) on August - 01.   

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

1711  On August - 01 surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov   

1714  Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

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

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

1732  Foundation laid for Bank of England on August - 01.   

1743  On August - 01 richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1744  On August - 01 jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

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  Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France on August - 01.   

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 August - 01.   

1774  On August - 01 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

1774  Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

1776  On August - 01 formal signing of the Declaration of Independence   

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

1780  On this day in history sweden declares neutrality   

1781  On August - 01 english army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia   

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

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

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister on this day in history.   

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

1789  On this day in history uS Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act   

1790  First US census (population of 3,939,214) on August - 01.   

1790  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on August - 01.   

1798  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

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  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

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 August - 01.   

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

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

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 August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

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