Page 4: Historical Events In August - 01

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

1852  SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist on this day in history.   

1852  SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on this day in history.   

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

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 01.   

1858  Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

1861  On this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy   

1861  On this day in history sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)   

1862  On this day in history montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor   

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

1864  Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.   

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

1867  On this day in history blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)   

1867  William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on August - 01.   

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

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

1871  Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.   

1873  On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service   

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

1873  SF's 1st cable car begins service on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay   

1881  On this day in history emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer   

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  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.   

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.   

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

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

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.   

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

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

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.