August 1 in history
Events on August 1
Notable events that happened on August 1 in past years.
- 2023
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
Wikipedia article: Donald Trump - 2004
A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
Wikipedia article: Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire - 1984
Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
Wikipedia article: Peat - 1976
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
Wikipedia article: Niki Lauda - 1968
The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.
Wikipedia article: Hassanal Bolkiah - 1961
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
Wikipedia article: Robert McNamara - 1946
Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
Wikipedia article: Russian Liberation Army - 1933
Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
Wikipedia article: Bruno Tesch (antifascist) - 1911
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
Wikipedia article: Harriet Quimby - 1863
At the suggestion of Senator J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor Alexander II, full rights are promised to the Finnish language by a language regulation in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
Wikipedia article: Johan Vilhelm Snellman - 1834
Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
Wikipedia article: Wilberforce Monument - 1774
British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
Wikipedia article: Joseph Priestley - 1571
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
Wikipedia article: Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) - 902
Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
- 30 BC
Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, and brings the city under the control of the Roman Republic. (date is O.S.)
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