Events on 1 August 53
See all →Year 607
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
Year 902
Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabids army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
Year 1203
Isaac II Angelos, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
Year 1469
Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
Year 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.
Year 1714
George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
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Birthdays on 1 August 237
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Pertinax
b. 126 – d. 193
Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)
Sugawara no Michizane
b. 845 – d. 903
Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)
Emperor Taizu of Jin
b. 1068 – d. 1123
Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)
Emperor Kōgon
b. 1313 – d. 1364
Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313)
Emperor Go-Komatsu
b. 1377 – d. 1433
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel
b. 1385 – d. 1421
John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
b. 1492 – d. 1566
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1566)
Sigismund II Augustus
b. 1520 – d. 1572
King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (d. 1572)
Andrew Melville
b. 1545 – d. 1622
Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)
Edward Kelley
b. 1555 – d. 1597
Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
Luis Vélez de Guevara
b. 1579 – d. 1644
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)
Sabbatai Zevi
b. 1626 – d. 1676
Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)
Deaths on 1 August 102
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Eusebius of Vercelli
d. 371 (b. 283)
Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)
Justin I
d. 527 (b. 450)
Justin I, Byzantine emperor (b. 450)
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Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia
d. 873
Thachulf, duke of Thuringia
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Dhuka al-Rumi
d. 919
Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt
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Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah
d. 946 (b. 859)
Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
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Lady Xu Xinyue
d. 946 (b. 902)
Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (b. 902)
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Empress Shulü Ping
d. 953 (b. 879)
Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)
Adhemar of Le Puy
d. 1098
Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate
Louis VI of France
d. 1137 (b. 1081)
Louis VI, king of France (b. 1081)
Shimazu Tadahisa
d. 1227 (b. 1179)
Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
d. 1252 (b. 1180)
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)
Conrad de Lichtenberg
d. 1299 (b. 1240)
Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)