Historical Events For October - 02

1833  NY Anti-Slavery Society organized on October - 02.  

1833  On October - 02 charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina  

1835  On October - 02 louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian  

1836  Charles Darwin returns from his voyage on 'HMS Beagle' on October - 02.  

1836  On this day in history darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle  

1836  On this day in history darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years)  

1839  On this day in history new Zealand comes under jurisdiction of the Governor of New South Wales  

1839  Hans Thoma, painter on this day in history.  

1842  Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1847  The birth of Paul von Hindenberg, German field marshal and politician on October - 02.  

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1847  Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president on October - 02.  

1850  On this day in history sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies  

1851  The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I  

1852  William Ramsay, chemist on this day in history.  

1853  Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land on this day in history.  

1853  D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies on this day in history.  

1857  On October - 02 marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902)  

1860  Louis Hersent, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1861  On October - 02 former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky  

1863  Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies on this day in history.  

1864  Battle of Saltville, VA on October - 02.  

1866  J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener on October - 02.  

1866  On this day in history charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist  

1869  The birth of Gandhi, Indian leader of 'passive' resistance on October - 02.  

1869  On October - 02 the birth of Groucho Marx, US comedian of the 'Marx' brothers fame  

1869  On October - 02 mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader  

1870  On October - 02 italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital  

1870  On October - 02 rome becomes the capital city of Italy  

1870  On this day in history italy annexes Rome & Papal States; Rome made Italian capital  

1871  On this day in history brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy  

1871  Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history morgan State University founded  

1872  Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies on this day in history.  

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1452  On this day in history birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)  

1470  On this day in history birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)  

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.  

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on October - 02.  

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer  

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer  

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.  

0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies  

0939  On this day in history death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49  

1113  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies  

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies  

1517  On October - 02 john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37  

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.  

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49  

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.