August 1 in History
1 August in History – 77 years ago
Europe 1948: Berlin Airlift
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starts
2022
Heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine over Bakhmut
1961
Dahomey annexes Fort Ajudá
1960
Dahomey gains independence from France
1953
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland formed
ends
1944
US captures Tinian
starts
1944
Warsaw uprising against Germany
starts
1927
Nanchang Uprising
1918
British send troops to Transcaspian
1914
Germany mobilizes & declares war on Russia
1914
France mobilizes against Germany
ends
1907
French assume control over Sultanate of Agadez
starts
1901
French pursue Fadl-Allah into Northern Nigeria*
starts
1894
First Sino-Japanese War
1894
War declared between Japan and China
1876
Colorado becomes US state
ends
1868
Paraguayan offensive in Mato Grosso
1861
Confederate Territory of Arizona created
1834
Slavery ends in British Empire
starts
1808
Spanish blockade French in Barcelona
starts
1808
British forces under Wellesley arrive in Portugal
starts
451
Huns raid Eastern Roman Danube provinces*
starts
432
St Patrick spreads Christianity in Ireland*
ends
271
Zenobia invades Asia Minor, halted in Bithynia*
ends
270
Claudius Gothicus rules Roman Empire*
ends
270
Claudius dies of plague while moving on Hasdingi*
269
Victorinus overthrows Marius in Gaul*
ends
228
Sasanians defeat Vologases VI, ending Parthian Empire*
81
Agricola intervenes in Hibernia?*
69
Danube legions declare for Vespasian*
48
Alpes Poeninae separated from Raetia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 1 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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