Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 1
August 1: National Day in Switzerland
- 1774 - The element oxygen was independently discovered by Joseph Priestley, corroborating the prior discovery by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- 1798 - During the French Revolutionary Wars the Battle of the Nile started between French and British fleets.
- 1914 - Outbreak of World War I: Germany declared war on Russia.
- 1944 - The Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation began in Poland.
- 1981 - MTV debuted with the song Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles