Historical Events In August - 01

1910  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests) on this day in history.   

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on this day in history.   

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies   

1912  On August - 01 brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist   

1913  Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) on this day in history.   

1914  Germany declares war on Russia in WW I on this day in history.   

1914  Germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral on August - 01.   

1914  On this day in history british fleet reaches Scapa Flow   

1914  Jack Delano, composer on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history ronald MacDonald, British major-general   

1916  Hawaii National Park established on August - 01.   

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park forms   

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister   

1916  On this day in history claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies   

1917  On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana   

1917  On August - 01 start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele   

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.   

1917  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history british troops enter Vladivostok   

1918  Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam   

1919  Stanley Middleton, novelist on August - 01.   

1920  On this day in history papendrecht soccer team forms   

1920  Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on August - 01.   

1920  On August - 01 bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies   

1921  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard   

1922  Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter) on August - 01.   

1922  On August - 01 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72   

1923  Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on August - 01.   

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on this day in history.   

1925  On August - 01 john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61   

1926  On this day in history battles between Druzen & French in Damascus   

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.   

1377  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

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

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 August - 01.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

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 August - 01.   

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)