August 1st, 1585

Born on August 1st, 1585

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What happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

August 1st, 1801

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Same year
Born in 1585

57

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris

87

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden

52

Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres

49

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen

71

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden

55

Krzysztof Radziwiłł

Lithuanian noble and politician

*March 22nd, 1585, Biržai †September 19th, 1640, Svėdasai

61

Johann Heermann

German poet hymn-writer (1585-1647)

*October 11th, 1585, Rudna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †February 17th, 1647, Leszno

80

Johannes Ardüser

Swiss mathematician (1585-1665)

*February 25th, 1585, Parpan †March 26th, 1665, Zürich

44

Adam von Herberstorff

Politician (1585-1629)

*April 15th, 1585, Schloss Kalsdorf †September 11th, 1629, Schloss Ort

71

Francesco Cornaro

Doge of Venice (1585-1656)

*March 6th, 1585, Venice †June 5th, 1656, Venice

57

Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld

67

Adriaan Pauw

Grand pensionary of Holland (1585-1653)

*November 1st, 1585, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1653, The Hague

89

Domenico II Contarini

Doge of Venice (1585-1675)

*January 28th, 1585, Venice †January 26th, 1675, Venice

35

Baltasar Elisio de Medinilla

Spanish author

*June 28th, 1585, Toledo †August 30th, 1620, Toledo

55

Pieter van den Broecke

Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

*February 25th, 1585, Antwerp †December 1st, 1640, Strait of Malacca

60

Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth

65

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris

63

William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle

55

Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa

72

Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth

*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (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, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

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