August 1

[edit] Events

33 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain.
1619 - First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.
1664 - The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1800 - The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
1902 - The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France.
1914 - Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I
1927 - The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1957 - The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

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