Historical Events In December - 02

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1816  On December - 02 first savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)   

1816  1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on December - 02.   

1821  On this day in history rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1822  On this day in history in San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US   

1823  On December - 02 president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  On this day in history pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)   

1828  Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56   

1837  Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

1840  On December - 02 gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

1845  Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West on this day in history.   

1845  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on December - 02.   

1846  On this day in history pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary on December - 02.   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary on December - 02.   

1851  On December - 02 newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.   

1852  2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history robert Kajanus, composer   

1859  Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on December - 02.   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

1859  On December - 02 georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

1859  On this day in history john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England) on December - 02.   

1863  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

1864  On December - 02 skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia   

1864  On this day in history archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31   

1866  On December - 02 henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal)   

1867  On this day in history in a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.   

1868  1st British government of Disraeli resigns on December - 02.   

1868  Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme) on this day in history.   

1869  Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on this day in history.   

1870  On December - 02 francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor   

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1578  On December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  On December - 02 birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  On December - 02 sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies   

1348  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on December - 02.   

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on December - 02.   

1592  On December - 02 alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on December - 02.