Historical events on August 1
AUGUST 1, 527
Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
Justin I, also called Justin the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 518 to 527. Born to a peasant family, he rose
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AUGUST 1, 1801
First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.
The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the 1801–1815
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AUGUST 1, 1991
U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican
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AUGUST 1, 2004
Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.
The Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire, also known as the Ycuá Bolaños Tragedy, was a major fire that occurred on 1 August 2004
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AUGUST 1, 1946
Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.
The Partisan Congress riots were attacks on Jews in Bratislava and other cities and towns in the autonomous Slovak region of Czechoslovakia
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AUGUST 1, 2009
A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.
The Tel Aviv gay centre shooting resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries to at least fifteen others at the
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AUGUST 1, 1714
George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era.
The Electorate of Hanover was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire located in northwestern Germany that arose from the Principality of
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AUGUST 1, 1814
Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.
The Grand Jubilee of 1814 was a public holiday and celebration in the United Kingdom held on 1 August 1814. The event
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AUGUST 1, 1984
Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors,
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AUGUST 1, 1876
Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with
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AUGUST 1, 1842
Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.
The Lombard Street riot was a three-day race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1842. The riot was the last in a 13-year
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AUGUST 1, 2007
Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile
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AUGUST 1, 30 BC
War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt.
The War of Actium was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony and Octavian. In 32 BC,
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AUGUST 1, 1774
British scientist Joseph Priestley (pictured) liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He published over
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AUGUST 1, 1892
Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
Joseph Guillaume François "Jef" Denyn was a Belgian carillon player from Mechelen. He originally studied to be an engineer. His carilloning career
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AUGUST 1, 1798
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
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AUGUST 1, 1911
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.
Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States
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AUGUST 1, 902
Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and
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