What is August 1?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[30 BC]] &ndash; Octavian, later known as [[Augustus Caesar]], enters [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], bringing the city under the control of the [[Roman Republic]]. [[Mark Antony]] commits [[suicide]] on the same day. * [[69]] &ndash; [[Batavia]]n rebellion: The [[Batavia]]ns in Germania Inferior (present–day [[Netherlands]]), revolt under leadership of [[Gaius Julius Civilis]]. * [[527]] &ndash; [[Justinian I]] becomes [[Byzantine Emperor]]. * [[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). * [[1192]] &ndash; King [[Richard I of England]] enters [[Jaffa]] and defeats the [[army]] of [[Saladin]]. * [[1291]] &ndash; The [[Switzerland|Swiss Confederation]] is formed. * [[1461]] &ndash; [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] is crowned king of [[England]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand V of Spain|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] drive the [[Jew]]s out of [[Spain]]. * [[1498]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] becomes the first European to visit [[Venezuela]]. * [[1619]] &ndash; The first African [[slave]]s arrive in [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. * [[1664]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Saint Gotthard]] by an [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] army led by [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], resulting in the [[Peace of Vasvár]]. * [[1714]] &ndash; Queen [[Anne of Great Britain]] dies, without any surviving children. [[George I of Great Britain|George of Hanover]] succeeds her. * [[1747]] &ndash; In reaction to the Second [[Jacobite]] uprising, [[kilt]]s and [[tartan]] are banned in [[Scotland]]. * [[1759]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Minden]], [[Great Britain]], [[Hanover]] and [[Prussia]] defeat a force from [[France]] and [[Saxony]]. * [[1774]] &ndash; The element [[oxygen]] is discovered by [[Carl Wilhelm]] and [[Joseph Priestley]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; Formal signing of the United States [[Declaration