Historical Events In August - 02

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer on August - 02.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on August - 02.   

1782  On August - 02 george Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction   

1786  On this day in history utrechtse Vroedschap flees   

1787  On August - 02 horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc   

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1790  On August - 02 the first US Census is conducted.   

1791  On this day in history samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine   

1792  On August - 02 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on August - 02.   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

1802  On August - 02 the French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor   

1802  Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 02 nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

1811  On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1818  On August - 02 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

1819  1st parachute jump in US on August - 02.   

1826  On August - 02 william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

1832  On this day in history 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War   

1832  On August - 02 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) on August - 02.   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) on this day in history.   

1835  Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) on this day in history.   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1854  Francis Marion Crawford, British author on this day in history.   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.   

1858  1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets on this day in history.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1861  Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)