Page 6: Historical Events In August - 01

1910  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)   

1911  On August - 01 omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point   

1911  On this day in history kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.   

1912  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)   

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 this day in history.   

1914  On August - 01 british fleet reaches Scapa Flow   

1914  Jack Delano, composer on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 01 ronald MacDonald, British major-general   

1916  Hawaii National Park established on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park forms   

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister   

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

1917  On August - 01 frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana   

1917  Start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele on this day in history.   

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

1917  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on August - 01.   

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on August - 01.   

1918  On August - 01 wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist   

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

1919  On this day in history stanley Middleton, novelist   

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on this day in history.   

1920  Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on this day in history.   

1920  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies on this day in history.   

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

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on this day in history.   

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

1922  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 on August - 01.   

1923  On August - 01 pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF   

1925  Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on August - 01.   

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

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on this day in history.   

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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  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

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

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)   

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

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 August - 01.   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

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

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