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What happened on August 1

On August 1, -30: 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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Notable deaths

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Zodiac

Leo

Featured moment · -30

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.)

Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

People

Born on August 1

Joseph Sua'ali'i 2003– Australian rugby union & former Samoan international rugby league footballer
Alejandro Francés 2002– Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Scottie Barnes 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Park Si-eun 2001– South Korean actress and singer (born 2001)
Ben Trbojevic 2001– Australian rugby league footballer
Kim Chaewon 2000– South Korean singer (born 2000)
Katie Boulter 1996– British tennis player (born 1996)
Madison Cawthorn 1995– American politician (born 1995)
Sergeal Petersen 1994– South African rugby union footballer
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Ayaka Wada 1994– Musical artist
Álex Abrines 1993– Spanish basketball player (born 1993)
Leon Thomas III 1993– American singer and songwriter (born 1993)
Saleh Gomaa 1993– Egyptian footballer (born 1993)
Austin Rivers 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Mrunal Thakur 1992– Indian actress (born 1992)
Piotr Malarczyk 1991– Polish footballer
Marco Puntoriere 1991– Italian footballer
Aledmys Díaz 1990– Cuban baseball player (born 1990)

People

Died on August 1

Joyce Brabner American writer and editor (1952–2024)
Abdalqadir as-Sufi Scottish Islamic scholar (1930–2021)
Jerry Ziesmer American film director (1939–2021)
Wilford Brimley American actor (1934–2020)
Rickey Dixon American football player (1966–2020)
Rodney H. Pardey American poker player (1945–2020)
Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923) Titular queen consort of Romania
Stephan Beckenbauer German footballer (1968–2015)
Cilla Black English singer and media personality (1943–2015)
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Bernard d'Espagnat French physicist, philosopher and author
Bob Frankford Canadian politician (1939–2015)
Hong Yuanshuo Chinese footballer and manager
Valyantsin Byalkevich Belarusian footballer (1973–2014)
Jan Roar Leikvoll Norwegian author (born 1974)
Charles T. Payne American World War II soldier (1925–2014)
Mike Smith English presenter and racing driver (1955–2014)
John Amis British writer
Gail Kobe American actress and producer (1932–2013)

Timeline

Every August 1 on record

  1. -30 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.)

    Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

    Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

  2. 69 Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.

    Calendar year

    AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius. The denomination AD 69 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  3. 527 Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

    Roman emperor from 527 to 565

    Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

  4. 607 Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

    6th/7th-century Japanese politician and diplomat

    Ono no Imoko was a Japanese politician and diplomat in the late 6th and early 7th century, during the Asuka period.

  5. 902 Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.

    Comune in Sicily, Italy

    Taormina is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on the Ionian Sea, including that of Isola Bella, are accessible via an aerial tramway built in 1992, and via highways from Messina in the north and Catania in the south.

  6. 1203 Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
  7. 1291 The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
  8. 1469 Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
  9. 1498 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  10. 1571 The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
  11. 1620 Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
  12. 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.
  13. 1714 George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
  14. 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.
  15. 1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 1834 Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
  6. 1842 The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. 1849 Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
  8. 1855 The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  9. 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.
  10. 1876 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  11. 1893 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
  12. 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.
  13. 1907 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  14. 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.
  15. 1914 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.

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