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Acontecimientos (67)

  1. 30 a. C.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.)
  2. 527Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
  3. 607Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
  4. 902Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
  5. 1203Alexios 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.
  6. 1291The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
  7. 1469Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
  8. 1498Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  9. 1571The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
  10. 1620Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
  11. 1664Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
  12. 1714George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
  13. 1759Seven 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.
  14. 1774British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  15. 1798French 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.
  16. 1800The 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.
  17. 1801First Barbary War: The American schooner captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
  18. 1834Slavery 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.
  19. 1834Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
  20. 1842The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  21. 1849Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
  22. 1855The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
  23. 1863At 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.
  24. 1876Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
  25. 1893Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
  26. 1894The 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.
  27. 1907The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  28. 1911Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
  29. 1914World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
  30. 1914World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  31. 1915Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin.
  32. 1927The 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.
  33. 1933Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  34. 1936The Olympics open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
  35. 1937Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
  36. 1943World War II: Operation Tidal Wave, also known as "Black Sunday", is a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
  37. 1944World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
  38. 1946Leaders 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.
  39. 1950Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
  40. 1957The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
  41. 1960Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  42. 1960Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
  43. 1961U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
  44. 1964The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  45. 1965Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, is published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
  46. 1966Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
  47. 1966Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
  48. 1968The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.
  49. 1971The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  50. 1974Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
  51. 1975The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland.
  52. 1976Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic.
  53. 1976Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
  54. 1980Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
  55. 1980A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.
  56. 1981MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
  57. 1984Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
  58. 1988A British soldier is killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
  59. 1990A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
  60. 1993The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  61. 1998Puntland, 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.
  62. 2004A supermarket fire kills 424 people and injures 360 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
  63. 2007The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
  64. 2008The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
  65. 2008Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions die on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
  66. 2017A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
  67. 2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.

Nacimientos (200)

  1. 10 a. C.Claudius, Roman emperor (died 54)
  2. 126Pertinax, Roman emperor (died 193)
  3. 845Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (died 903)
  4. 992Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (died 1031)
  5. 1068Emperor Taizu of Jin, Chinese emperor (died 1123)
  6. 1313Kōgon, Japanese emperor (died 1364)
  7. 1377Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (died 1433)
  8. 1385John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)
  9. 1410John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (died 1475)
  10. 1492Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (died 1566)
  11. 1520Sigismund II, Polish king (died 1572)
  12. 1545Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (died 1622)
  13. 1552Isabella Feltria della Rovere, Italian noblewoman (died 1619)
  14. 1555Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (died 1597)
  15. 1579Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (died 1644)
  16. 1626Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (died 1676)
  17. 1630Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1673)
  18. 1659Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (died 1734)
  19. 1713Charles I, German duke and prince (died 1780)
  20. 1714Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (died 1782)
  21. 1738Jacques François Dugommier, French general (died 1794)
  22. 1744Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829)
  23. 1770William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (died 1838)
  24. 1779Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)
  25. 1779Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (died 1851)
  26. 1809William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (died 1836)
  27. 1815Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1882)
  28. 1818Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (died 1889)
  29. 1819Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)
  30. 1831Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (died 1918)
  31. 1843Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (died 1926)
  32. 1856George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (died 1883)
  33. 1858Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (died 1937)
  34. 1858Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (died 1884)
  35. 1860Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)
  36. 1861Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (died 1951)
  37. 1865Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (died 1917)
  38. 1866Louis Lapicque, French neuroscientist known for the integrate-and-fire model of the nervous system (died 1952)
  39. 1870Ilya Ivanov, Soviet biologist who specialized in the field of artificial insemination (died 1932)
  40. 1871John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (died 1969)
  41. 1877George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (died 1968)
  42. 1878Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1961)
  43. 1881Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1940)
  44. 1885George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
  45. 1889Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (died 1979)
  46. 1889John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin (died 1957)
  47. 1891Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1968)
  48. 1893Alexander of Greece (died 1920)
  49. 1894Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (died 1927)
  50. 1898Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (died 1980)
  51. 1899Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (died 1980)
  52. 1900Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965)
  53. 1901Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (died 1925)
  54. 1903Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (died 1995)
  55. 1905Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1993)
  56. 1907Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)
  57. 1910James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (died 1974)
  58. 1910Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (died 1977)
  59. 1910Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)
  60. 1910Gerda Taro, German war photographer (died 1937)
  61. 1911Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (died 1985)
  62. 1912David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (died 1979)
  63. 1912Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (died 1994)
  64. 1912Henry Jones, American actor (died 1999)
  65. 1914Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (died 1997)
  66. 1914Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (died 2015)
  67. 1914J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
  68. 1916Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
  69. 1916Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (died 2000)
  70. 1918T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (died 2013)
  71. 1919Stanley Middleton, English author (died 2009)
  72. 1920Henrietta Lacks, African-American tobacco farmer whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, extensively used in medical research (died 1951)
  73. 1920Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (died 1992)
  74. 1920James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (died 2010)
  75. 1921Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (died 2009)
  76. 1921Pat McDonald, Australian actress (died 1990)
  77. 1922Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)
  78. 1924Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (died 2015)
  79. 1924Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (died 2010)
  80. 1924Frank Havens, American canoeist (died 2018)
  81. 1924Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (died 2007)
  82. 1924Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (died 1967)
  83. 1925Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (died 2000)
  84. 1926George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)
  85. 1926George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (died 2013)
  86. 1926Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (died 2018)
  87. 1927María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (died 2006)
  88. 1927Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (died 2013)
  89. 1928Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
  90. 1929Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (died 2018)
  91. 1929Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1979)
  92. 1929Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (died 2006)
  93. 1930Lionel Bart, English composer (died 1999)
  94. 1930Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)
  95. 1930Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (died 1991)
  96. 1930Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
  97. 1930Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1996)
  98. 1930Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
  99. 1931Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  100. 1931Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (died 2016)
  101. 1932Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (died 1990)
  102. 1933Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)
  103. 1933Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2019)
  104. 1933Meena Kumari, Indian actress (died 1972)
  105. 1933Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (died 2012)
  106. 1933Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (died 2007)
  107. 1934John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (died 2000)
  108. 1934Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer (died 2024)
  109. 1935Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (died 2014)
  110. 1936Brian M. Fagan, British archaeologist and writer (died 2025)
  111. 1936W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)
  112. 1936Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)
  113. 1936Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
  114. 1937Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician
  115. 1939Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (died 2015)
  116. 1939Terry Kiser, American actor
  117. 1939Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (died 2014)
  118. 1939Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (died 2017)
  119. 1940Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor
  120. 1940Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
  121. 1940Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant
  122. 1941Ron Brown, American politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1996)
  123. 1941Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (died 2004)
  124. 1942Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
  125. 1942Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  126. 1944Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (died 1998)
  127. 1945Jens Juul Holst, Danish physician and physiologist known for discovering GLP-1
  128. 1945Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  129. 1946Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006)
  130. 1946Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
  131. 1947Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
  132. 1947Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist
  133. 1948Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
  134. 1948Cliff Branch, American football player (died 2019)
  135. 1948David Gemmell, English journalist and author (died 2006)
  136. 1949Bettina Arndt, Australian writer and commentator
  137. 1949Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
  138. 1949Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (died 2009)
  139. 1951Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
  140. 1951Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
  141. 1952Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2003)
  142. 1953Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
  143. 1953Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
  144. 1954Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (died 2006)
  145. 1954James Gleick, American journalist and author
  146. 1954Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
  147. 1956Doug Burgum, American businessman and politician
  148. 1957Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (died 2020)
  149. 1957Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
  150. 1958Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
  151. 1960Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter
  152. 1962Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (died 2013)
  153. 1963Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer
  154. 1963Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)
  155. 1963John Carroll Lynch, American actor
  156. 1963Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
  157. 1965Sam Mendes, English director and producer
  158. 1967José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
  159. 1969Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist (died 2024)
  160. 1973Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
  161. 1973Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
  162. 1974Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach
  163. 1974Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
  164. 1975Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
  165. 1976Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
  166. 1976Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
  167. 1977Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  168. 1978Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete
  169. 1979Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer
  170. 1980Romain Barras, French decathlete
  171. 1981Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player and coach
  172. 1984Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
  173. 1985Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
  174. 1986Marissa Paternoster, American artist, singer and guitarist
  175. 1986Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
  176. 1987Karen Carney, English women's footballer
  177. 1987Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress
  178. 1987Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
  179. 1988Travis Boak, Australian footballer
  180. 1988Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer
  181. 1989Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
  182. 1989Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress
  183. 1990Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
  184. 1991Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
  185. 1991Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
  186. 1992Austin Rivers, American basketball player
  187. 1992Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
  188. 1993Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
  189. 1993Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
  190. 1993Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
  191. 1994Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
  192. 1994Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
  193. 1995Madison Cawthorn, American politician
  194. 1996Katie Boulter, British tennis player
  195. 2000Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer
  196. 2001Scottie Barnes, American basketball player
  197. 2001Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
  198. 2001Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
  199. 2002Alejandro Francés, Spanish footballer
  200. 2003Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Fallecimientos (108)

  1. 30 a. C.Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (born 83 BC)
  2. 527Justin I, Byzantine emperor (born 450)
  3. 946Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (born 859)
  4. 946Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese royal concubine (born 902)
  5. 953Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (born 879)
  6. 984Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
  7. 1098Adhemar of Le Puy, French bishop, crusader, and papal legate
  8. 1137Louis VI, king of France (born 1081)
  9. 1146Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince
  10. 1252Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (born 1180)
  11. 1299Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (born 1240)
  12. 1402Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341)
  13. 1457Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (born 1406)
  14. 1464Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1386)
  15. 1494Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (born c. 1435)
  16. 1541Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (born 1493)
  17. 1543Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1488)
  18. 1546Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)
  19. 1557Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)
  20. 1580Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
  21. 1589Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (born 1567)
  22. 1603Matthew Browne, English politician (born 1563)
  23. 1714Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)
  24. 1787Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (born 1696)
  25. 1797Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (born 1754)
  26. 1798François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (born 1753)
  27. 1807John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (born 1732)
  28. 1808Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (born 1734)
  29. 1812Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (born 1763)
  30. 1851William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (born 1775)
  31. 1863Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (born 1817)
  32. 1866John Ross, American tribal chief (born 1790)
  33. 1868Peter Julian Eymard, French priest, saint, and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (born 1811)
  34. 1869Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)
  35. 1903Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (born 1853)
  36. 1905Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish gymnast and medical student (born 1875)
  37. 1911Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (born 1852)
  38. 1911Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (born 1843)
  39. 1918John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (born 1854)
  40. 1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)
  41. 1921T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (born 1876)
  42. 1922Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (born 1856)
  43. 1929Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1870)
  44. 1938Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (born 1862)
  45. 1943Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)
  46. 1944Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (born 1878)
  47. 1957Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (born 1877)
  48. 1959Jean Behra, French race car driver (born 1921)
  49. 1963Theodore Roethke, American poet (born 1908)
  50. 1966Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (born 1941)
  51. 1967Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1900)
  52. 1970Frances Farmer, American actress (born 1913)
  53. 1970Doris Fleeson, American journalist (born 1901)
  54. 1970Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)
  55. 1973Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (born 1882)
  56. 1973Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (born 1893)
  57. 1974Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (born 1898)
  58. 1977Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (born 1929)
  59. 1980Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (born 1944)
  60. 1980Strother Martin, American actor (born 1919)
  61. 1981Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1923)
  62. 1981Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike
  63. 1982T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1933)
  64. 1989John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (born 1937)
  65. 1990Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)
  66. 1996Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
  67. 1996Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (born 1929)
  68. 1998Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (born 1927)
  69. 2001Korey Stringer, American football player (born 1974)
  70. 2003Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)
  71. 2003Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (born 1962)
  72. 2004Philip Abelson, American physicist, editor, and author (born 1913)
  73. 2005Al Aronowitz, American journalist (born 1928)
  74. 2005Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (born 1918)
  75. 2005Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (born 1920)
  76. 2005Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923)
  77. 2006Bob Thaves, American illustrator (born 1924)
  78. 2006Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (born 1949)
  79. 2007Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)
  80. 2008Gertan Klauber, Czech-born English actor (born 1932)
  81. 2008Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
  82. 2009Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)
  83. 2010Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)
  84. 2010Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)
  85. 2012Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)
  86. 2012Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)
  87. 2012Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)
  88. 2013John Amis, English journalist and critic (born 1922)
  89. 2013Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (born 1932)
  90. 2013Babe Martin, American baseball player (born 1920)
  91. 2013Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (born 1942)
  92. 2013Wilford White, American football player (born 1928)
  93. 2014Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)
  94. 2014Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)
  95. 2014Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)
  96. 2014Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)
  97. 2015Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)
  98. 2015Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)
  99. 2015Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)
  100. 2015Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)
  101. 2015Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)
  102. 2016Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)
  103. 2020Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)
  104. 2020Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)
  105. 2020Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)
  106. 2021Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)
  107. 2021Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)
  108. 2024Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (born 1952)

Celebraciones (18)

  1. Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
  2. Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
  3. Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
  4. 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:
  5. Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
  6. Minden Day (United Kingdom)
  7. National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
  8. Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
  9. Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  10. Statehood Day (Colorado)
  11. Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
  12. The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year):
  13. Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)
  14. Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
  15. Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)
  16. Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
  17. World Scout Scarf Day
  18. Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)

Santoral (13)

  1. Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
  2. Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
  3. Æthelwold of Winchester
  4. Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
  5. Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
  6. Eusebius of Vercelli
  7. Exuperius of Bayeux
  8. Felix of Girona
  9. Peter Apostle in Chains
  10. Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions
  11. Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
  12. The Holy Maccabees
  13. August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)