What happend on 1st August

31.07
02.08
1864

The Elgin Watch Company is founded in Elgin, Illinois

1838

Slaves in Trinidad and Tobago are emancipated.

1834

Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.

1832

The Black Hawk War ends.

1831

London Bridge opens.

1820

London's Regent's Canal opens.

1798

Battle of the Nile starts between French and British fleets.

1776

Formal signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1774

The element oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm and Joseph Priestley.

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.