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  On August - 01 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   

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

1812  Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60   

1814  On this day in history belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

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

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast on August - 01.   

1818  On August - 01 maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

1819  On August - 01 the first parachute jump in US   

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) on this day in history.   

1820  On August - 01 london's Regent's Canal opens.   

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on August - 01.   

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.   

1828  Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic on August - 01.   

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens   

1831  On this day in history london Bridge opens to traffic   

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

1832  Black Hawk defeated (IA) on August - 01.   

1832  On August - 01 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  On August - 01 the Black Hawk War ends.   

1834  Slavery abolished in British empire on this day in history.   

1834  Slavery abolished through out the British Empire on August - 01.   

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil   

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

1838  Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on August - 01.   

1840  On this day in history labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.   

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on August - 01.   

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.   

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

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.   

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on this day in history.   

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

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

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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 August - 01.   

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

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  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

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.