August 1 in History
1 August in History – 106 years ago

Northern Eurasia 1919: Denikin and Yudenich Attack
In mid-1919, White forces under Anton Denikin swept across southern Russia and the Ukraine,... SEE MORE…
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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
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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