Page 3: Historical Events In May - 02

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer on this day in history.   

1847  On May - 02 sabbath famine   

1849  On May - 02 david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  On this day in history franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)   

1853  On May - 02 marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On May - 02 lC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies   

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 02 d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

1862  On this day in history marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)   

1863  On May - 02 stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North   

1863  South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va on this day in history.   

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1865  On May - 02 president Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

1865  On this day in history pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

1866  On this day in history peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.   

1869  Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band) on May - 02.   

1872  On May - 02 g G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)   

1876  On May - 02 ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League   

1876  Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history uS stops minting 20¢ coin   

1878  On this day in history uS stops minting 20 cent coin   

1881  Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William on May - 02.   

1884  Francois de Vries, Dutch economist on May - 02.   

1885  On May - 02 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published   

1885  Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium on this day in history.   

1885  "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published on May - 02.   

1886  Gottfried Benn, writer on this day in history.   

1887  G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on this day in history.   

1887  Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film on this day in history.   

1887  Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 02 abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale   

1890  Territory of Oklahoma created on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)