Page 3: Historical Events In August - 01

1798  Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet on this day in history.   

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.   

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  On August - 01 a rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY   

1812  On this day in history rare tornado hits Westchester County NY   

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

1814  Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on August - 01.   

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

1815  On August - 01 richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast   

1818  On this day in history maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

1819  On August - 01 the first parachute jump in US   

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

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

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer on August - 01.   

1828  On this day in history 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  On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  The Black Hawk War ends on August - 01.   

1834  On August - 01 slavery abolished in British empire   

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

1834  On August - 01 robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies   

1836  On August - 01 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil   

1837  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1838  On August - 01 emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas   

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

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer on this day in history.   

1842  Rotherhithe Thames Tunnel opens on this day in history.   

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 on this day in history.   

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

1847  Guido Papini, violinist/composer on August - 01.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

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 August - 01.   

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

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