About August 1

August 1, 2025 is the 213th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 200 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On August 1

  • 30 BC –
    Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
  • 69 –
    Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
  • 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.
  • 1498 –
    Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
  • 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 as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
  • 1842 –
    The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
  • 1907 –
    The start of first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 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).
  • 1964 –
    The Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo.
  • 1966 –
    Charles Whitman kills 16 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
  • 1968 –
    The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • 1974 –
    Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
  • 1975 –
    CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
  • 1993 –
    The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  • 2004 –
    A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.
  • 2007 –
    The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour.

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