Historical Events In August - 02
Sunday, 07 March 2021
1775 On August - 02 jose Angel Lamas, composer
1776 On August - 02 formal signing of the Declaration of Independence
1776 Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.
1782 George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction on August - 02.
1786 On August - 02 utrechtse Vroedschap flees
1787 Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc on August - 02.
1788 On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
1790 The first US Census is conducted on August - 02.
1791 On this day in history samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine
1792 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on August - 02.
1798 On August - 02 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile
1799 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.
1802 The French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor on this day in history.
1802 Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on August - 02.
1802 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster on this day in history.
1811 William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major on August - 02.
1819 On this day in history the first parachute jump in US
1819 1st parachute jump in US on August - 02.
1826 On this day in history william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
1827 On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57
1831 On this day in history ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium
1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on August - 02.
1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 02.
1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) on August - 02.
1834 On August - 02 frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
1835 Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) on August - 02.
1849 Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.
1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author on this day in history.
1858 The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 02.
1858 On August - 02 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets
1858 On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.
1861 Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on this day in history.
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