August 1

Events

Pre-1600

• 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
• AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
• 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.<ref>Template:Byzance et les Arabes</ref>
• 1203 – Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 Template:USS captures the Tripolitan 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.<ref name=Wilberforce>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref name=Munoz2010>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 opened 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", was 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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 was 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.
• 1976 – Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.<ref name="airdisaster.ru">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
• 1998 – Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 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 died 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 10 BC – Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 54)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 126 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)
• 845 – Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)
• 992 – Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1031)
• 1068 – Emperor Taizu of Jin, Chinese emperor (d. 1123)
• 1313 – Kōgon, Japanese emperor (d. 1364)
• 1377 – Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (d. 1433)
• 1385 – John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)
• 1410 – John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (d. 1475)
• 1492 – Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1566)
• 1520 – Sigismund II, Polish king (d. 1572)
• 1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1555 – Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1579 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)

1601–1900

• 1626 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)
• 1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1659 – Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1713 – Charles I, German duke and prince (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)
• 1738 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
• 1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)
• 1770 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1779 – Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)
• 1809 – William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1815 – Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1818 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1819 – Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1831 – Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1856 – George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
• 1858 – Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (d. 1937)
• 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1860 – Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1861 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
• 1865 – Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (d. 1917)
• 1871 – John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)
• 1877 – George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)
• 1878 – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)
• 1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1889 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)
• 1893 – Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
• 1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
• 1898 – Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)

1901–present

• 1901 – Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
• 1903 – Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1905 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1907 – Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1910 – James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1910 – Gerda Taro, German war photographer (d. 1937)
• 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)
• 1912 – David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979)
• 1912 – Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1914 – Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1914 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1916 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1918 – T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1919 – Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1920 – Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)
• 1920 – James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1921 – Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Frank Havens, American canoeist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1924 – Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)
• 1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1926 – George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1926 – George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1927 – María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1929 – Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1929 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)
• 1929 – Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (d. 1991)
• 1930 – Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1931 – Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1932 – Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1933 – Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)
• 1933 – Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (d. 2007)
• 1934 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1935 – Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1936 – W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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 (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Terry Kiser, American actor
• 1939 – Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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 captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)
• 1945 – Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 – Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
• 1947 – Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
• 1947 – Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
• 1948 – Cliff Branch, American football player (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1948 – David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Bettina Arndt, Australian writer and commentator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1949 – Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1953 – Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
• 1954 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
• 1954 – James Gleick, American journalist and author
• 1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
• 1957 – Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1957 – Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 – Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
• 1960 – Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer
• 1963 – Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
• 1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1964 – Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician
• 1965 – Brandt Jobe, American golfer
• 1965 – Sam Mendes, English director and producer
• 1966 – James St. James, American club promoter and author
• 1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1968 – Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
• 1968 – Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
• 1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout
• 1969 – Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Quentin Coryatt, American football player
• 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
• 1972 – Todd Bouman, American football player and coach
• 1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic
• 1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
• 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
• 1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
• 1973 – Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
• 1974 – Cher Calvin, American journalist
• 1974 – Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 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 – David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1976 – Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
• 1977 – Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
• 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 – Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
• 1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (d. 2019)
• 1979 – Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer
• 1979 – Grant Wooden, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 – Steve Feak, American game designer
• 1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
• 1984 – Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player
• 1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
• 1985 – Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
• 1985 – Adam Jones, American baseball player
• 1985 – Cole Kimball, American baseball player
• 1985 – Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
• 1985 – Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
• 1985 – Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer
• 1986 – Damien Allen, English footballer
• 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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1988 – Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
• 1988 – Travis Boak, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer
• 1988 – Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 – Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
• 1989 – Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress<ref name="Russell2014">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
• 1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
• 1995 – Madison Cawthorn, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Katie Boulter, British tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Scottie Barnes, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
• 2001 – Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 30 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 371 – Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)
• 527 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor (b. 450)
• 690s – Jonatus, abbot and saint<ref name="AO'H">Template:Citation: "the dates of his death (1 August) and his translation (8 April) were recorded in liturgical sources from Marchiennes."</ref>
• 873 – Thachulf, duke of Thuringia
• 946 – Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
• 946 – Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (b. 902)
• 953 – Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)
• 984 – Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1098 – Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate
• 1137 – Louis VI, king of France (b. 1081)
• 1146 – Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince<ref>Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146–1246, 2003</ref>
• 1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
• 1252 – Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)
• 1299 – Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)
• 1402 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1457 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (b. 1406)
• 1464 – Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386)
• 1494 – Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1541 – Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
• 1543 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)
• 1546 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
• 1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
• 1580 – Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
• 1589 – Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)

1601–1900

• 1603 – Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1714 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1787 – Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 – Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 – Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1797 – Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (b. 1754)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1798 – François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 – John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 – John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 – Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1812 – Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 – William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 – Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1866 – John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1869 – Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1869 – Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)

1901–present

• 1903 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1905 – Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish gymnast and medical student (b. 1875)<ref>"Henrik Sjöberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.</ref>
• 1911 – Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1911 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
• 1918 – John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1921 – T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 – Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 – Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
• 1943 – Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1959 – Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 – Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 – Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 – Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 – Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
• 1974 – Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1981 – Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican, Hunger Striker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 1989 – John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 1990 – Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
• 1996 – Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)
• 1998 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)
• 2001 – Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
• 2003 – Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
• 2004 – Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
• 2007 – Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
• 2013 – John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Wilford White, American football player (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
• 2014 – Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)
• 2014 – Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)
• 2015 – Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968)
• 2015 – Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2016 – Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
• 2020 – Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (b. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • 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
  • 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)

External links

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