On this day: August 1
Events
Sack of AmoriumAugust 1, AD 838 – August 15, AD 838 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of Saint GotthardAugust 1, 1664 · Wars & Conflicts
Capture of GibraltarAugust 1, 1704 – August 3, 1704 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Takeda Pharmaceutical CompanyAugust 1, 1781 · Companies
First Sino-Japanese WarAugust 1, 1894 – April 17, 1895 · Wars & Conflicts
Siege of Port ArthurAugust 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Reserve Bank of New ZealandAugust 1, 1934 · Companies
1936 Summer OlympicsAugust 1, 1936 – August 16, 1936 · Sports
Launch of Frankfurter RundschauAugust 1, 1945 · Internet
Founding of AcerAugust 1, 1976 · Companies
Founding of JioStarAugust 1, 1991 · Companies
Release of Slime RancherAugust 1, 2017 · Gaming
2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemicAugust 1, 2018 · Medicine
Born on this day
ClaudiusAugust 1, 10 BC – October 13, AD 54 · World History
PertinaxAugust 1, AD 126 – March 28, AD 193 · World History
Jan van ScorelAugust 1, 1495 – December 6, 1562 · Culture
François de La Mothe Le VayerAugust 1, 1588 – May 9, 1672 · Culture
Sebastiano RicciAugust 1, 1659 – May 15, 1734 · Art
Richard WilsonAugust 1, 1713 – May 11, 1782 · Art
Richard KirwanAugust 1, 1733 – June 1812 · Science
Jean-Baptiste de LamarckAugust 1, 1744 – December 18, 1829 · Science
Karl Ludwig von HallerAugust 1, 1768 – May 20, 1854 · Culture
William ClarkAugust 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838 · Exploration
Lorenz OkenAugust 1, 1779 – August 11, 1851 · Culture
Maria MitchellAugust 1, 1818 – June 29, 1889 · Science
Ivan SechenovAugust 1, 1829 – November 2, 1905 · Science
Gaston DoumergueAugust 1, 1863 – June 18, 1937 · Politics
Prince Eugen, Duke of NärkeAugust 1, 1865 – August 17, 1947 · Art
William Speirs BruceAugust 1, 1867 – October 28, 1921 · Exploration- Luise FleckAugust 1, 1873 – March 15, 1950 · Film
Otto ToeplitzAugust 1, 1881 – February 15, 1940 · Science
George de HevesyAugust 1, 1885 – July 5, 1966 · Science
Walter GerlachAugust 1, 1889 – August 10, 1979 · Science
Erle C. KentonAugust 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980 · Film- James Crawford AngelAugust 1, 1899 – December 8, 1956 · Exploration
Helen Sawyer HoggAugust 1, 1905 – January 28, 1993 · Science- J. Lee ThompsonAugust 1, 1914 – August 30, 2002 · Film
Georges CharpakAugust 1, 1924 – September 29, 2010 · Science
Theo AdamAugust 1, 1926 – January 10, 2019 · Music- Leila AbashidzeAugust 1, 1929 – April 8, 2018 · Film
Pierre BourdieuAugust 1, 1930 – January 23, 2002 · Culture
Antonio NegriAugust 1, 1933 – December 16, 2023 · Culture
Dom DeLuiseAugust 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009 · Film
Yves Saint LaurentAugust 1, 1936 – June 1, 2008 · Art
Jordi SavallAugust 1, 1941 – present · Music
Nathalie DelonAugust 1, 1941 – January 21, 2021 · Film
Giancarlo GianniniAugust 1, 1942 – present · Film
Jerry GarciaAugust 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995 · Film
Yury RomanenkoAugust 1, 1944 – present · Space
Douglas OsheroffAugust 1, 1945 – present · Science
Richard O. CoveyAugust 1, 1946 – present · Space
Keto LosaberidzeAugust 1, 1949 – January 23, 2022 · Science
Tommy BolinAugust 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976 · Music
Zoran ĐinđićAugust 1, 1952 – March 12, 2003 · Culture
Taylor NegronAugust 1, 1957 – January 10, 2015 · Art
Joe ElliottAugust 1, 1959 – present · Music
Chuck DAugust 1, 1960 – present · Music
Koichi WakataAugust 1, 1963 – present · Space
John Carroll LynchAugust 1, 1963 – present · Film
Sam MendesAugust 1, 1965 – present · Film
José PadilhaAugust 1, 1967 – present · Film
Elon LindenstraussAugust 1, 1970 – present · Science
Dhani HarrisonAugust 1, 1978 – present · Music
Jason MomoaAugust 1, 1979 – present · Film
OrelsanAugust 1, 1982 – present · Film
Sara GiraudeauAugust 1, 1985 – present · Film
Ana GirardotAugust 1, 1988 – present · Film