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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 01 1313

    Emperor Kgon of Japan (Ashikaga Pretenders) 1st Northern Emperor (d. 1364)

    Aug 01 1377

    Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan 100th Emperor of Japan (d. 1433)

    Aug 01 1495

    Jan van Scorel Dutch painter and architect born in Schoorl Netherlands (d. 1562)

    Aug 01 1520

    Sigismund II Augustus King of Poland (1548-72) born in Krakw Poland (d. 1572)

    Aug 01 1545

    Andrew Melville Scottish theologian and religious reformer born in Baldovie Angus Scotland (d. 1622)

    Aug 01 1555

    Edward Kelley British spirit medium and Renaissance occultist born in Worcester England (d. 1597)

    Aug 01 1579

    Lus Vlez de Guevara Spanish writer (El diablo cojuelo) born in cija Seville Spain (d. 1644)

    Aug 01 1626

    Sabbatai Zevi Montenegrin rabbi kabbalist and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement born in Ottoman Empire (d. 1676)

    Aug 01 1630

    Thomas Clifford English statesman (1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh) born in Ugbrooke Devon England (d. 1673)

    Aug 01 1642

    Ahmed II 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95) born in Istanbul Ottoman Empire (d. 1695) [or born Feb 25 1643]

    Aug 01 1659

    Antoine Mouque Flemish composer and organist and singer born in Ostend (d. 1723)

    Aug 01 1685

    Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni Italian composer born in Bologna Italy (d. 1748)

    Aug 01 1686

    Benedetto Marcello Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare) born in Venice Italy (d. 1739)

    Aug 01 1713

    Charles I Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg born in Brunswick Germany (d. 1780)

    Aug 01 1714

    Richard Wilson Welsh landscape painter born in Penegoes Montgomeryshire Wales (d. 1782)

    Aug 01 1738

    Jacques Franois Dugommier French general born in Trois-Rivires Guadeloupe France (d. 1794)

    Aug 01 1755

    Antonio Capuzzi Italian violinist and composer born in Brescia Italy (d. 1818)

    Aug 01 1766

    Ignaz Anton Franz Xaver Ladurner Austrian pianist and composer born in Aldino Italy (d. 1839)

    Aug 01 1766

    Jeffry Wyatville English architect and garden designer (alterations and extensions to Chatsworth House and Windsor Castle) born in Burton upon Trent England (d. 1840)

    Aug 01 1779

    Francis Scott Key American lawyer poet and composer of the lyrics to Star-Spangled Banner born in Carroll County Maryland (d. 1843)

    Aug 01 1779

    Lorenz Oken German naturalist born in Bohlsbach Swabia (d. 1851)

    Aug 01 1786

    Louis C Luzac Dutch minister of Internal Affairs born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1861)

    Aug 01 1808

    Henry Darwin Rogers American Geologist (theory of mountain building first geological mapping of Pennsylvania) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1866)

    Aug 01 1809

    William Barret Travis American lawyer and soldier (commander at Battle of the Alamo) born in Saluda County South Carolina (d. 1836)

    Aug 01 1814

    Ivan Gagarin Russian Jesuit and founding editor of tudes born in Moscow (d. 1882)

    Aug 01 1814

    Maxcy Gregg American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Columbia South Carolina (d. 1862)

    Aug 01 1815

    Richard Henry Dana Jr. American author (Two Years Before the Mast) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1882)

    Aug 01 1818

    Maria Mitchell 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar) born in Nantucket Massachusetts (d. 1889)

    Aug 01 1824

    Edward Francis Fitzwilliam English composer born in Deal Kent England (d. 1857)

    Aug 01 1840

    Aldine Silliman Kieffer American composer born in Miami Missouri (d. 1904)

    Aug 01 1843

    Robert Todd Lincoln American politician lawyer Captain (Union Army) son of President Abraham Lincoln born in Springfield Illinois (d. 1926)

    Aug 01 1847

    Guido Papini Italian violinist and composer born in Camaiore Italy (d. 1912)

    Aug 01 1848

    Frantiek Kmoch Czech composer and conductor born in Zsmuky Austrian Empire (d. 1912)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 01 1021 Synod of Pavia emperor Henry II convicts married priest

    Aug 01 1177 Peace Treaty of Venice Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III

    Aug 01 1203 Alexius IV Angelus appointed co-regent of Byzantium

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