Historical Events In January - 02

1861  On this day in history colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia  

1861  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor  

1861  SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on January - 02.  

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on January - 02.  

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on January - 02.  

1863  On January - 02 battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends  

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on January - 02.  

1863  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

1870  On January - 02 construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins  

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.  

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on January - 02.  

1872  Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on this day in history.  

1873  Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) on this day in history.  

1877  On January - 02 slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)  

1879  On this day in history british battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die  

1879  First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on January - 02.  

1879  On January - 02 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG  

1879  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer  

1881  Frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists on January - 02.  

1881  On this day in history camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres  

1882  On January - 02 because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust  

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on this day in history.  

1885  On January - 02 general Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum  

1885  Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum on January - 02.  

1885  On this day in history johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)  

1886  Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York) on this day in history.  

1889  Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) on January - 02.  

1890  Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer on January - 02.  

1890  Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer  

1892  On this day in history lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer  

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90  

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on this day in history.  

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.  

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)  

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.  

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)  

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)  

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.  

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.  

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.  

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.  

1514  On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)  

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37  

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.