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 213th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 19, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,754,006,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectadecatrigon’ 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 200 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 4,606 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.
- 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.
- 1831 –A new London Bridge opens.
- 1957 –The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
- 1960 –Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
- 1968 –The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
- 1975 –CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
- 1984 –Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
Who were born on August 1?
- 1714 –Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
- 1910 –Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
- 1955 –Arun Lal, Former Indian cricketer
- 1958 –Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
- 1967 –Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player
- 1968 –Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
- 1974 –Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete
- 1984 –Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
- 1984 –Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
- 1986 –Anton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player
Who died on August 1?
- 527 –Emperor Justin I (b. 450)
- 1464 –Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
- 1541 –Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)
- 1580 –Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
- 1851 –William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
- 1944 –Manuel L. Quezon, First President of the Philippine Commonwealth (b. 1878)
- 1945 –Gyula Csortos, Hungarian film actor (b. 1883)
- 1981 –Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923)
- 1997 –Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920)
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