What are the important events that happened on August 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 1 is the 214th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 19, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,707,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecatetragon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 181 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,241 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 1 Historical Events
527 –
Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
1498 –
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
1664 –
The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1798 –
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) – Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
1800 –
The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1801 –
First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
1907 –
The start of first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1927 –
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
1960 –
Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1993 –
The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
Who were born on August 1?
1713 –
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
1744 –
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
1901 –
Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)
1941 –
Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 –
Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor
1951 –
Tommy Bolin, American musician (Deep Purple) (d. 1976)
1958 –
Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
1972 –
Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
1978 –
Edgerrin James, American football player
1989 –
Tiffany (Stephanie Hwang), American-born South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)
Who died on August 1?
1252 –
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian explorer (b. c.1180)
1464 –
Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
1787 –
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (b. 1696)
1903 –
Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman (b. 1853)
1929 –
Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1938 –
John Aasen, American actor (b. 1890)
1974 –
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1898)
1980 –
Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
2001 –
Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
2005 –
Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918)
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