Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

1848  On August - 01 frantiÅ¡ek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor   

1852  On this day in history sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

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

1855  On August - 01 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 01 hans Rott, composer   

1860  On August - 01 european and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.   

1861  On this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy   

1861  Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.   

1862  Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on August - 01.   

1863  Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on this day in history.   

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

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

1864  On August - 01 battle of Petersburg, VA   

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee)   

1867  Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)   

1869  First raft voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.   

1869  1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.   

1871  On August - 01 oskar Fried, composer   

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

1873  On this day in history the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

1873  On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service   

1876  Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 01 wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1877  SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.   

1877  Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on August - 01.   

1881  US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.   

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

1882  Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.   

1882  On August - 01 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 this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 01 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 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 this day in history.   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

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