Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on August - 01.   

1805  On August - 01 friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51   

1808  British forces invade Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley, they defeat Gen Dupont August 21, but Wellesley's superiors prevent him from following up his victory on August - 01.   

1812  A rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY on this day in history.   

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on August - 01.   

1813  On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

1814  Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1815  On this day in history richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast   

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island on this day in history.   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on August - 01.   

1819  On August - 01 herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

1820  London's Regent's Canal opens on August - 01.   

1821  On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68   

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.   

1828  On August - 01 bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.   

1831  London Bridge opens on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens to traffic   

1832  On August - 01 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War   

1832  On August - 01 black Hawk defeated (IA)   

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 01.   

1832  On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  On this day in history slavery abolished in British empire   

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished through out the British Empire   

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on August - 01.   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil on August - 01.   

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on this day in history.   

1840  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

1842  On August - 01 rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens   

1843  On this day in history robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926   

1846  On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83   

1847  On this day in history guido Papini, violinist/composer   

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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 August - 01.   

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  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

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

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  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

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