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August 1

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Colorado — August 1 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♌ZodiacLeo ◈BirthstonePeridot ❀Birth flowerGladiolus

Leo is the sign for August 1 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on August 1?

August 1 is the 213th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1774 and 2007. Famous people born on August 1 include Claudius, Dennis Lawrence and Herman Melville.

Released on August 1

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Titan Quest II

2024

  • Game Thank Goodness You're Here!

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1774

    Joseph Priestley

  2. 1798

    French Revolutionary Wars

  3. 1801

    First Barbary War

  4. 1842

    Lombard Street riot

  5. 1876

    Colorado

  6. 1911

    Harriet Quimby

  7. 1971

    The Concert for Bangladesh

  8. 1984

    Peat

  9. 2004

    Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire

  10. 2007

    I-35W Mississippi River bridge

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 1

Claudius

b. -10

Dennis Lawrence

b. 1974

Herman Melville

b. 1819

Emperor Taizu of Jin

b. 1068

David James (footballer, born 1970)

b. 1970

Chris Iwelumo

b. 1978

Karen Carney

b. 1987

W. D. Hamilton

b. 1936

Deaths

  • 2009Corazon Aquino
  • 1973Walter Ulbricht
  • 1944Manuel L. Quezon
  • 1464Cosimo de' Medici
  • 1098Adhemar of Le Puy
  • 527Justin I

Holidays & 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: 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)
  • —Christian feast day: Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
  • —Christian feast day: Æthelwold of Winchester
  • —Christian feast day: Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

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