Page 2: Historical Events In August - 01

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer on August - 01.   

1686  On this day in history 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 August - 01 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 August - 01.   

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

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 August - 01 charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

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

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

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 01.   

1774  Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time on August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1780  On August - 01 sweden declares neutrality   

1781  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act on August - 01.   

1790  First US census (population of 3,939,214) on this day in history.   

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  France becomes 1st country to use the metric system on this day in history.   

1794  Whiskey Rebellion begins on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  On this day in history 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 August - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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