August 1

Events

 * - (later known as Augustus) enters, , bringing it under the control of the.
 * - becomes the only ruler of the.
 * - is dispatched as envoy to the  court in  (Traditional :, ).
 * -, the last stronghold in , is captured by the  army.
 * -, restored , declares his son co- after pressure from the forces  of the Ciaran.
 * - The is formed with the signature of the.
 * - is crowned king of.
 * - and  drive the s out of.
 * - becomes the first  to visit.
 * - First  arrive in.
 * - The is defeated in the  by an  army led by, resulting in the.
 * - The element is discovered for the third (and last) time.
 * - : - Battle begins when a  fleet engages the  fleet in an unusual night action.
 * - The is passed in which merges the  and the  into the.
 * - 's opens.
 * - A new opens.
 * - The ends.
 * - is abolished in the.
 * - Slaves in are emancipated.
 * - is admitted as the 38th.
 * - The erupts between  and  over.
 * - The buys the rights to the  from.
 * - opens on.
 * - declares war on  at the opening of . The  mobilises because of
 * - The marks the first significant battle in the  between the  and . This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the.
 * - : - The  open in.
 * - reads the resolution " of constitutional  of KPH" to the constitutive  of KPH  in woods near.
 * - The first is produced.
 * - makes the last entry in her.
 * 1944  -  against the  occupation breaks out in,.
 * - becomes the third member of the.
 * - The is formed.
 * - The is founded.
 * - The and  form the.
 * - (later renamed ) declares independence from.
 * 1960  -   is banned in.
 * 1960  -  declared as the  of the.
 * - The is renamed the.
 * -  of the  announces her engagement to.
 * - kills 15 people at  before being killed by the police.
 * 1966  - Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official  policy at the beginning of the.
 * - annexes.
 * - The coronation is held of, the 29th.
 * - creates the.
 * - is elected President of, a post he would hold for 18 years.
 * - Former pilot  crashes the news helicopter he was flying in Los Angeles
 * - kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in.
 * - begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "" by the.
 * - was syndicated nationally in the United States as a two hour radio show.
 * - and  confirm rumors that they had married eleven weeks earlier.
 * - An agreement is reached on the position of the minority in the.
 * 2001  -, , , ,  and  join the.
 * 2001  -    has a  monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a  to have it removed and his own removal from office.
 * - A kills 396 people and injures 500 in,.
 * - is formally implemented.
 * - The spanning the  in, , collapsed during the evening.
 * - is formally implemented.
 * - The spanning the  in, , collapsed during the evening.

Births

 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - of Japan (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. )
 * -, English spirit medium (d. )
 * -, Spanish writer (d. )
 * -, English statesman (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Welsh painter (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, French scientist (d. )
 * -, American explorer (d. )
 * -, American lawyer and lyricist (d. )
 * 1779  -, German naturalist (d. )
 * -, American lawyer, politician, and author (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American labor organizer (d. )
 * -, son of ;  (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, French President (d. 1937)
 * -, American er (d. )
 * -, Hungarian chemist, (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Swiss politician (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Italian cyclist (d. )
 * -, British artist (d. )
 * 1910  -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British film director (d. )
 * -, French Canadian author and poet (d. )
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, Australian actress (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born physicist,
 * 1924  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer (d. )
 * -, German bass-baritone
 * -, English conductor
 * -, French sociologist (d. )
 * 1930  -, English song-writer (d. )
 * 1930  -, American actor and writer (d. )
 * -, American founder of the (d. )
 * 1932  -, Indian film actress (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * 1933  -, Japanese baseball player
 * 1933  -, Czech historian (d. )
 * -, French fashion designer
 * -, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. )
 * -, American musician (The ) (d. )
 * 1942  -, French Canadian pianist and composer
 * 1942  -, Italian actor
 * -, American physicist,
 * 1945  -, American singer, 
 * -, Australian
 * 1946  -, British bass guitarist  (d. )
 * -, American poet and actor
 * -, American guitarist (d. )
 * 1951  -, American baseball player
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * 1953  -, American Scientist (d. )
 * 1953  -, American journalist
 * -, Jamaican boxer
 * -, American radio personality
 * -, Northern Irish actor
 * 1958  -, American musician  (d. )
 * 1958  -, Norwegian cross country skier
 * 1958  -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, English musician
 * 1959  -, Japanese musician
 * -, American rapper
 * 1960  -, American columnist and film critic
 * -, British field hockey player
 * 1962  -, South African boxer
 * -, American rapper
 * 1963  -, Mexican actor
 * 1963  -, American actor
 * 1963  -, New Zealand musician
 * -, American musician
 * -, British stage and film director
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1969  -,  American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1972  -, Swedish musician
 * 1972  -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1973  -, Spanish actor
 * -, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1976  -, Nigerian footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1977  -, French musician, songwriter, and author
 * -, English musician
 * 1978  -, American football player
 * -, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1979  -, American actor
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, Puerto Rican actress
 * 1984  -, German footballer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Swedish ice hockey player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Swedish ice hockey player
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, Italian bishop (b. c. )
 * -  (b. c. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, son of (b. )
 * -, Italian humanist (bc. )
 * -, ruler of Florence (b. )
 * -, German theologian (b. )
 * -, French theologian (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer (b. )
 * -, German politician and diplomat (b. )
 * -, French assassin of (b. )
 * -, sachem of Pocasetts, a band of the  her death winding up the end of
 * - Queen (b. )
 * -, Italian founder of the order (b. )
 * -, British army officer (b. )
 * -, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, Principal Chief of the (b. )
 * -, American frontierswoman (b. )
 * -, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. )
 * -, American cowboy and (b. )
 * -, Indian nationalist leader (b. )
 * -, Australian cricketer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American mass murderer (shot by police) (b. )
 * -, Austrian chemist, (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 1970  -, German physician and physiologist,  (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * 1973  -, German communist statesman (b. )
 * -, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. )
 * -, American spy plane pilot (b. )
 * -, French Formula 1 driver (b. )
 * 1980  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, English pianist (b. )
 * -, German sociologist (b. )
 * 1990  -, British serial killer (b. )
 * -, French singer (b. )
 * 1996  -, Polish chemist,  (b. )
 * 1996  -, Canadian physician and international aid worker (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian pianist (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born actress (b. )
 * -, Indian-born writer (b. )
 * -, American football player (b. )
 * -, Belgian football coach (b. )
 * 2003  -, French actress (b. )
 * - American physicist,  (b. )
 * -, American music journalist (b. )
 * 2005  - King  (b. )
 * 2005  -, Dutch painter (b. )
 * 2005  -, Dutch cartoonist (b. )
 * -, American installation artist (b. )
 * 2006  -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * 2006  -, American feminist and political scientist (b. )
 * -, Irish folk singer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Anniversary of the Founding of the.
 * - Parent's Day
 * - Celebration of the liberation of from.
 * - (Perfection) - First day of the eighth month of the.
 * -, the traditional first day of in.
 * - festival of.
 * - anniversary of the first day of the Camp in, where  began.
 * - statehood day
 * - (Perfection) - First day of the eighth month of the.
 * -, the traditional first day of in.
 * - festival of.
 * - anniversary of the first day of the Camp in, where  began.
 * - statehood day
 * - anniversary of the first day of the Camp in, where  began.
 * - statehood day
 * , bishop, (died 1787)
 * Saint, , confessor
 * ,, martyr Geneva, Lausanne, France; Paris
 * , northern France; Paris
 * , martyr at
 * (Pierre-Julien Eymard, died 1868)