Editing August 1 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[30 BC]] &ndash; [[Augustus|Octavian]] (later known as Augustus) enters [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], bringing it under the control of the [[Roman Republic]].
*[[AD 69]] &ndash; [[Revolt of the Batavi|Batavian rebellion]]: The [[Batavi (Germanic tribe)|Batavians]] in [[Germania Inferior]] (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of [[Gaius Julius Civilis]].
* [[527]] &ndash; [[Justinian I]] becomes the sole ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
* [[607]] &ndash; [[Ono no Imoko]] is dispatched as envoy to the [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] court in China (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 3, 607).
* [[902]] &ndash; [[Taormina]], the last Byzantine stronghold in [[Sicily]], is [[Siege of Taormina (902)|captured]] by the [[Aghlabid]] army, concluding the [[Muslim conquest of Sicily]].<ref>{{Byzance et les Arabes|volume=2.1|pages=145–147}}</ref>
*[[1203]] &ndash; [[Isaac II Angelos]], restored [[Byzantine Emperor]], declares his son [[Alexios IV Angelos]] co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the [[Fourth Crusade]].
*[[1291]] &ndash; The [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] is formed with the signature of the [[Federal Charter of 1291|Federal Charter]].
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Louis XI of France]] founds the [[chivalric order]] called the [[Order of Saint Michael]] in [[Amboise]].
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] becomes the first European to visit what is now [[Venezuela]].
*[[1571]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)#Ottoman conquest of Cyprus|Ottoman conquest of Cyprus]] is concluded, by the surrender of [[Famagusta]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Speedwell (1577 ship)|''Speedwell'']] leaves [[Delfshaven]] to bring [[Pilgrim Fathers|pilgrims]] to [[Plymouth Colony|America]] by way of England.
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman forces]] are defeated in the [[Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)|battle of Saint Gotthard]] by an [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] army led by [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], resulting in the [[Peace of Vasvár]].
*[[1714]] &ndash; George, Elector of [[Hanover]], becomes King [[George I of Great Britain]], marking the beginning of the [[Georgian era]] of British history.
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; British scientist [[Joseph Priestley]] discovers [[oxygen]] gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Nile|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of the Nile {{!}} Egyptian-European history |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Nile |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[First Barbary War]]: The American [[schooner]] {{USS|Enterprise|1799|6}} [[Action of 1 August 1801|captures]] the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]tan [[polacca]] ''Tripoli'' in a [[single-ship action]] off the coast of modern-day [[Libya]].
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|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   &ndash; Construction begins on the [[Wilberforce Monument]] in [[Kingston Upon Hull]].<ref name=Wilberforce>{{Cite web|last=Kitching|first=Sophie|date=9 February 2018|title=The bizarre reason this Hull landmark was moved 82 years ago|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/bizarre-reason-hull-landmark-moved-1176719|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302144359/https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/bizarre-reason-hull-landmark-moved-1176719|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=1 October 2021|website=[[Hull Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; The [[Lombard Street riot]] erupts in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.
*[[1849]] &ndash; ''[[Joven Daniel]]'' wrecks at the coast of [[Araucanía (historic region)|Araucanía]], Chile, leading to allegations that local [[Mapuche]] tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped [[Elisa Bravo]].<ref name=Munoz2010>{{Cite journal|title=El naufragio del bergantín Joven Daniel, 1849. El indígena en el imaginario histórico de Chile|journal=Tiempo Histórico|last=Muñoz Sougarret|first=Jorge|issue=1|year=2010|language=es|pages=133–148}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; The first ascent of [[Monte Rosa]], the second highest summit in the Alps.
*[[1863]] &ndash; At the suggestion of Senator [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman|J. V. Snellman]] and the order of Emperor [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]], full rights are promised to the [[Finnish language]] by a language regulation in the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref>{{cite book| author= Olavi Junnila | title= Suomen historia 5 | year= 1986 | chapter= Autonomian rakentaminen ja kansallisen nousun aika | page= 151 | location = Helsinki | publisher= Weilin + Göös | isbn= 951-35-2494-9 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Colorado]] is admitted as the 38th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Henry Perky]] patents [[shredded wheat]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Empire of Japan]] and [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the [[First Sino-Japanese War]].

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; The start of the [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|first Scout camp]] on [[Brownsea Island]], the origin of the worldwide [[Scouting]] movement.
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[German Empire]] declares war on the [[Russian Empire]].
*1914 &ndash; World War I: The [[Military of Switzerland|Swiss Army]] mobilizes because of World War I.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Patrick Pearse]] gives his famous speech "[[Ireland unfree shall never be at peace]]" at [[O'Donovan Rossa]]'s funeral in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/archive/2015press/stamp-marks-pearses-graveside-oration-for-odonovan-rossa-.html | publisher = University College Cork | title = Stamp marks Pearse's graveside oration for O'Donovan Rossa | date = 2015 | accessdate = 2 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Anti-Fascist activists [[Bruno Tesch (antifascist)|Bruno Tesch]], Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] opened in [[Berlin]] with a ceremony presided over by [[Adolf Hitler]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]] reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH ([[League of Communists of Croatia|Croatian Communist Party]]) in woods near [[Samobor]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Tidal Wave]] also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Warsaw Uprising]] against the [[Nazism|Nazi German]] occupation breaks out in [[Warsaw]], Poland.
*[[1946]] &ndash; Leaders of the [[Russian Liberation Army]], a force of Russian prisoners of war that [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|collaborated with Nazi Germany]], are executed in Moscow, [[Soviet Union]] for treason.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Guam]] is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[Guam Organic Act of 1950|Guam Organic Act]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Department of the Interior|title=Years of Progress, 1945–1952|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|date=1953|oclc=2183193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3CGAAAAMAAJ|pages=103–104}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; The United States and Canada form the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD).
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dahomey]] (later renamed [[Benin]]) declares independence from France.
*  1960   &ndash; [[Islamabad]] is declared the [[federal capital]] of the [[Government of Pakistan]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; U.S. Defense Secretary [[Robert McNamara]] orders the creation of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
*[[1964]] &ndash; The former [[Belgian Congo]] is renamed the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Frank Herbert]]'s novel, [[Dune (novel)|''Dune'']] was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Charles Whitman]] [[University of Texas tower shooting|kills 15 people]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] before being killed by the police.
*  1966   &ndash; Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the [[Cultural Revolution]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Hassanal Bolkiah]], the 29th [[Sultan of Brunei]], is held.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[The Concert for Bangladesh]], organized by former Beatle [[George Harrison]], is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Cyprus dispute]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] authorizes the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|UNFICYP]] to create the "[[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]]", dividing [[Cyprus]] into two zones.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Niki Lauda]] has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the [[1976 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at [[Nürburgring]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1976 German Grand Prix {{!}} Motorsport Database|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1976-german-grand-prix/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Saward|first=Joe|date=2020-10-08|title=How the 1976 German Grand Prix Forever Changed the Fate of the Nurburgring Nordschleife|url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a34313295/1976-german-grand-prix-changed-fate-nurburgring-nordschleife/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Autoweek|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir]] is elected [[President of Iceland]] and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
*  1980   &ndash; A [[Buttevant Rail Disaster|train crash]] kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[MTV]] begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" by [[The Buggles]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; Commercial [[peat]]-cutters discover the preserved [[bog body]] of a man, called [[Lindow Man]], at [[Lindow Moss]], [[Cheshire]], England.
*[[1988]] &ndash; A British soldier was killed in the [[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1980–1989)|Inglis Barracks bombing]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch88.htm#Aug|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1988|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; A [[Aeroflot Flight E-35D|plane crash]] in the [[Karabakh Range]] kills 46 people.<ref name="airdisaster.ru">{{cite web |title=Катастрофа Як-40 Армянского УГА близ Степанакерта |trans-title=Crash of Yak-40 of Armenian Civil Aviation near Stepanakert |url=http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=144 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416080905/http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=144 |archive-date=2013-04-16 |access-date=2013-06-24 |website=airdisaster.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Great Flood of 1993|Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993]] comes to a peak.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Puntland]], an [[Autonomous administrative division|autonomous state]] in northeastern [[Somalia]], was [[History of Puntland#Establishment of Puntland|officially established]] following a constitutional conference in [[Garoowe|Garowe]], [[Somali aristocratic and court titles#Traditional leaders and officials|Issims]] and [[tribal chief]]s agreed to create a [[Self-proclaimed|self-declared]] [[Government of Puntland|government]] until Somalia recovered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-state-of-somalia |title=Puntland State of Somalia |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202641/http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-state-of-somalia/ |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A [[Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire|supermarket fire]] kills 396 people and injures 500 others in [[Asunción, Paraguay]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[I-35W Mississippi River bridge]] spanning the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]], collapses during the evening [[rush hour]], killing 13 people and injuring 145.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway]] begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
*  2008   &ndash; Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in [[2008 K2 disaster|the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; A [[suicide attack]] on a mosque in Herat, [[Afghanistan]] kills 20 people.
*[[2023]] &ndash; Former US President [[Donald Trump]] is [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)|indicted]] for his role in the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], his third indictment in 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-live-updates-grand-jury-2020-election-probe-arrives-courthouse-rcna96825|title= Trump indicted: Grand jury charges former president in 2020 election probe|website= [[NBC News]]|date= 2 August 2023}}</ref>