Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  FrantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on August - 01.   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

1852  On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist   

1855  Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on August - 01.   

1857  On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  Hans Rott, composer on August - 01.   

1860  European and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867 on this day in history.   

1861  On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy   

1861  On August - 01 sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

1862  On August - 01 montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

1863  On this day in history battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign   

1863  Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on this day in history.   

1864  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on August - 01.   

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)   

1867  On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history first raft voyage down Colorado River   

1869  On this day in history 1st voyage down Colorado River   

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.   

1873  San Francisco - first cable car begins service on August - 01.   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.   

1876  On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's on this day in history.   

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on August - 01.   

1877  On this day in history charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)   

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on August - 01.   

1881  Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 01 vaclav Klicka, composer   

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  On August - 01 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)   

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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

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 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  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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