Events

Pre-1600

• 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.)

• AD 69 Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.

• AD 314 The first synod of Arles is opened by bishop Marinus of Arles.

• 527 Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

• 607 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

• 902 Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.

• 1203 Alexios IV Angelos is crowned Byzantine co-emperor after his father Isaac II Angelos is pressured to do so by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade.

• 1291 The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.

• 1469 Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.

• 1498 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.

• 1571 The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.

1601–1900

• 1620 Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.

• 1664 Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.

• 1714 George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.

• 1759 Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.

• 1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

• 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 Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge 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 captures the Tripolitantan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

• 1834 Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.

• 1834 Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.

• 1842 The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

• 1849 Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.

• 1855 The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

• 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.

• 1876 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

• 1893 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.

• 1894 The Empire of Japan and Qing China declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the First Sino-Japanese War.

1901–present

• 1907 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.

• 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.

• 1914 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.

• 1914 World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.

• 1915 Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin.

• 1927 The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

• 1933 Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.

• 1936 The Olympics open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.

• 1937 Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.

• 1943 World War II: Operation Tidal Wave, also known as "Black Sunday", is a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.

• 1944 World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

• 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.

• 1950 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.

• 1957 The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

• 1960 Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.

• 1960 Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

• 1961 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.

• 1964 The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• 1965 Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, is published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.

• 1966 Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.

• 1966 Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

• 1968 The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.

• 1971 The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

• 1974 Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.

• 1975 The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland.

• 1976 Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.

• 1980 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.

• 1980 A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.

• 1981 MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

• 1984 Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

• 1988 A British soldier is killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.

• 1990 A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.

• 1993 The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

• 1998 Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, is officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe. Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.

• 2004 A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.

• 2007 The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.

• 2008 The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

• 2008 Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.

• 2017 A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

• 2023 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.

Births

Pre-1600

• 10 BC Claudius, Roman emperor (died 54)

• 126 Pertinax, Roman emperor (died 193)

• 845 Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (died 903)

• 992 Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (died 1031)

• 1068 Emperor Taizu of Jin, Chinese emperor (died 1123)

• 1313 Kōgon, Japanese emperor (died 1364)

• 1377 Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (died 1433)

• 1385 John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)

• 1410 John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (died 1475)

• 1492 Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (died 1566)

• 1520 Sigismund II, Polish king (died 1572)

• 1545 Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (died 1622)

• 1552 Isabella Feltria della Rovere, Italian noblewoman (died 1619)

• 1555 Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (died 1597)

• 1579 Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (died 1644)

1601–1900

• 1626 Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (died 1676)

• 1630 Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1673)

• 1659 Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (died 1734)

• 1713 Charles I, German duke and prince (died 1780)

• 1714 Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (died 1782)

• 1738 Jacques François Dugommier, French general (died 1794)

• 1744 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829)

• 1770 William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (died 1838)

• 1779 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)

• 1779 Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (died 1851)

• 1809 William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (died 1836)

• 1815 Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1882)

• 1818 Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (died 1889)

• 1819 Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)

• 1831 Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (died 1918)

• 1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (died 1926)

• 1856 George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (died 1883)

• 1858 Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (died 1937)

• 1858 Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (died 1884)

• 1860 Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)

• 1861 Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (died 1951)

• 1865 Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (died 1917)

• 1866 Louis Lapicque, French neuroscientist known for the integrate-and-fire model of the nervous system (died 1952)

• 1870 Ilya Ivanov, Soviet biologist who specialized in the field of artificial insemination (died 1932)

• 1871 John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (died 1969)

• 1877 George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (died 1968)

• 1878 Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1961)

• 1881 Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1940)

• 1885 George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)

• 1889 Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (died 1979)

• 1889 John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin (died 1957)

• 1891 Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1968)

• 1893 Alexander of Greece (died 1920)

• 1894 Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (died 1927)

• 1898 Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (died 1980)

• 1899 Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (died 1980)

• 1900 Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965)

1901–present

• 1901 Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (died 1925)

• 1903 Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (died 1995)

• 1905 Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1993)

• 1907 Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)

• 1910 James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (died 1974)

• 1910 Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (died 1977)

• 1910 Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)

• 1910 Gerda Taro, German war photographer (died 1937)

• 1911 Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (died 1985)

• 1912 David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (died 1979)

• 1912 Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (died 1994)

• 1912 Henry Jones, American actor (died 1999)

• 1914 Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (died 1997)

• 1914 Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (died 2015)

• 1914 J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)

• 1916 Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (died 2014)

• 1916 Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (died 2000)

• 1918 T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (died 2013)

• 1919 Stanley Middleton, English author (died 2009)

• 1920 Henrietta Lacks, African-American tobacco farmer whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, extensively used in medical research (died 1951)

• 1920 Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (died 1992)

• 1920 James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (died 2010)

• 1921 Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (died 2009)

• 1921 Pat McDonald, Australian actress (died 1990)

• 1922 Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)

• 1924 Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (died 2015)

• 1924 Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (died 2010)

• 1924 Frank Havens, American canoeist (died 2018)

• 1924 Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (died 2007)

• 1924 Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (died 1967)

• 1925 Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (died 2000)

• 1926 George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)

• 1926 George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (died 2013)

• 1926 Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (died 2018)

• 1927 María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (died 2006)

• 1927 Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (died 2013)

• 1928 Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

• 1929 Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (died 2018)

• 1929 Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1979)

• 1929 Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (died 2006)

• 1930 Lionel Bart, English composer (died 1999)

• 1930 Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)

• 1930 Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (died 1991)

• 1930 Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)

• 1930 Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1996)

• 1930 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)

• 1931 Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1931 Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (died 2016)

• 1932 Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (died 1990)

• 1933 Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)

• 1933 Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2019)

• 1933 Meena Kumari, Indian actress (died 1972)

• 1933 Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (died 2012)

• 1933 Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (died 2007)

• 1934 John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (died 2000)

• 1934 Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer (died 2024)

• 1935 Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (died 2014)

• 1936 Brian M. Fagan, British archaeologist and writer (died 2025)

• 1936 W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)

• 1936 Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)

• 1936 Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic

• 1937 Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician

• 1939 Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (died 2015)

• 1939 Terry Kiser, American actor

• 1939 Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (died 2014)

• 1939 Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (died 2017)

• 1940 Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor

• 1940 Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire

• 1940 Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant

• 1941 Ron Brown, American politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1996)

• 1941 Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (died 2004)

• 1942 Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)

• 1942 Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1944 Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (died 1998)

• 1945 Jens Juul Holst, Danish physician and physiologist known for discovering GLP-1

• 1945 Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1946 Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006)

• 1946 Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic

• 1947 Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author

• 1947 Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist

• 1948 Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios

• 1948 Cliff Branch, American football player (died 2019)

• 1948 David Gemmell, English journalist and author (died 2006)

• 1949 Bettina Arndt, Australian writer and commentator

• 1949 Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan

• 1949 Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (died 2009)

• 1951 Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

• 1951 Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)

• 1952 Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2003)

• 1953 Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1953 Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author

• 1954 Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (died 2006)

• 1954 James Gleick, American journalist and author

• 1954 Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager

• 1956 Doug Burgum, American businessman and politician

• 1957 Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (died 2020)

• 1957 Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

• 1958 Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach

• 1960 Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter

• 1962 Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (died 2013)

• 1963 Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer

• 1963 Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)

• 1963 John Carroll Lynch, American actor

• 1963 Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer

• 1965 Sam Mendes, English director and producer

• 1967 José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter

• 1968 Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach

• 1968 Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster

• 1969 Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager

• 1969 Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist (died 2024)

• 1970 David James, English footballer and manager

• 1970 Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer

• 1972 Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1972 Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach

• 1973 Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach

• 1973 Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner

• 1973 Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer

• 1974 Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (died 2014)

• 1974 Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer

• 1974 Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach

• 1974 Beckie Scott, Canadian skier

• 1975 Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator

• 1976 Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

• 1976 Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer

• 1976 Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer

• 1976 Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager

• 1977 Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1977 Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor

• 1977 Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1977 Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer

• 1978 Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer

• 1978 Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete

• 1978 Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer

• 1979 Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (died 2019)

• 1979 Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer

• 1979 Grant Wooden, Australian rugby league player

• 1980 Mancini, Brazilian footballer

• 1980 Romain Barras, French decathlete

• 1980 Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer

• 1981 Dean Cox, Australian footballer

• 1981 Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author

• 1981 Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer

• 1981 Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer

• 1981 Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player

• 1982 Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer

• 1982 Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1983 Bobby Carpenter, American football player

• 1983 Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player

• 1983 Julien Faubert, French footballer

• 1983 David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete

• 1984 Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist

• 1984 Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer

• 1985 Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player

• 1985 Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player

• 1985 Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer

• 1985 Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer

• 1986 Marissa Paternoster, American artist, singer and guitarist

• 1986 Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1986 Andrew Taylor, English footballer

• 1986 Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player

• 1986 Mike Wallace, American football player

• 1987 Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer

• 1987 Karen Carney, English women's footballer

• 1987 Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress

• 1987 Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

• 1987 Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

• 1988 Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer

• 1988 Travis Boak, Australian footballer

• 1988 Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer

• 1988 Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer

• 1988 Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1989 Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

• 1989 Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress

• 1990 Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player

• 1990 Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player

• 1991 Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer

• 1991 Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer

• 1992 Austin Rivers, American basketball player

• 1992 Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress

• 1993 Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player

• 1993 Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

• 1993 Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer

• 1994 Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player

• 1994 Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer

• 1995 Madison Cawthorn, American politician

• 1996 Katie Boulter, British tennis player

• 2000 Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer

• 2001 Scottie Barnes, American basketball player

• 2001 Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

• 2001 Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

• 2002 Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer

• 2003 Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 30 BC Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (born 83 BC)

• 371 Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (born 283)

• 527 Justin I, Byzantine emperor (born 450)

• 690s Jonatus, abbot and saint

• 873 Thachulf, duke of Thuringia

• 946 Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (born 859)

• 946 Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (born 902)

• 953 Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (born 879)

• 984 Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester

• 1098 Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate

• 1137 Louis VI, king of France (born 1081)

• 1146 Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince

• 1227 Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (born 1179)

• 1252 Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (born 1180)

• 1299 Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (born 1240)

• 1402 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341)

• 1457 Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (born 1406)

• 1464 Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1386)

• 1494 Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (born c. 1435)

• 1541 Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (born 1493)

• 1543 Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1488)

• 1546 Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)

• 1557 Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)

• 1580 Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)

• 1589 Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (born 1567)

1601–1900

• 1603 Matthew Browne, English politician (born 1563)

• 1714 Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)

• 1787 Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (born 1696)

• 1795 Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (born 1735)

• 1796 Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (born 1720)

• 1797 Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (born 1754)

• 1798 François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (born 1753)

• 1807 John Boorman, English cricketer (born c. 1754)

• 1807 John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (born 1732)

• 1808 Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (born 1734)

• 1812 Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (born 1763)

• 1851 William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (born 1775)

• 1863 Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (born 1817)

• 1866 John Ross, American tribal chief (born 1790)

• 1869 Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)

• 1869 Peter Julian Eymard, French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (born 1811)

1901–present

• 1903 Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (born 1853)

• 1905 Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish gymnast and medical student (born 1875)

• 1911 Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (born 1852)

• 1911 Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (born 1843)

• 1918 John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (born 1854)

• 1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)

• 1921 T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (born 1876)

• 1922 Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (born 1856)

• 1929 Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1870)

• 1938 Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (born 1862)

• 1943 Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)

• 1944 Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (born 1878)

• 1957 Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (born 1877)

• 1959 Jean Behra, French race car driver (born 1921)

• 1963 Theodore Roethke, American poet (born 1908)

• 1966 Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (born 1941)

• 1967 Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1900)

• 1970 Frances Farmer, American actress (born 1913)

• 1970 Doris Fleeson, American journalist (born 1901)

• 1970 Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)

• 1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (born 1882)

• 1973 Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (born 1893)

• 1974 Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (born 1898)

• 1977 Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (born 1929)

• 1980 Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (born 1944)

• 1980 Strother Martin, American actor (born 1919)

• 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1923)

• 1981 Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike

• 1982 T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1933)

• 1989 John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (born 1937)

• 1990 Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)

• 1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)

• 1996 Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (born 1929)

• 1998 Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (born 1927)

• 2001 Korey Stringer, American football player (born 1974)

• 2003 Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)

• 2003 Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (born 1962)

• 2004 Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (born 1913)

• 2005 Al Aronowitz, American journalist (born 1928)

• 2005 Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (born 1918)

• 2005 Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (born 1920)

• 2005 Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923)

• 2006 Bob Thaves, American illustrator (born 1924)

• 2006 Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (born 1949)

• 2007 Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)

• 2008 Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (born 1932)

• 2008 Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)

• 2009 Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)

• 2010 Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)

• 2010 Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)

• 2012 Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)

• 2012 Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)

• 2012 Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)

• 2013 John Amis, English journalist and critic (born 1922)

• 2013 Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (born 1932)

• 2013 Babe Martin, American baseball player (born 1920)

• 2013 Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (born 1942)

• 2013 Wilford White, American football player (born 1928)

• 2014 Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)

• 2014 Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)

• 2014 Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)

• 2014 Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)

• 2015 Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)

• 2015 Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)

• 2015 Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)

• 2015 Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)

• 2015 Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)

• 2016 Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)

• 2020 Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)

• 2020 Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)

• 2020 Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)

• 2021 Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)

• 2021 Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)

• 2024 Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (born 1952)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)

• Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)

• Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)

Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire:

• Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Christian feast day:

• Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)

• Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori

• Æthelwold of Winchester

• Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

• Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder

• Eusebius of Vercelli

• Exuperius of Bayeux

• Felix of Girona

• Peter Apostle in Chains

• Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions

• Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)

• The Holy Maccabees

• August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Minden Day (United Kingdom)

• National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.

• Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)

• Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

• Statehood Day (Colorado)

• Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year):

• Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)

• Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)

• Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)

• Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)

• World Scout Scarf Day

• Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)

International Border Change

Every year on August 1, Pheasant Island is transferred from to .

References

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