Historical Events In December - 02
Friday, 19 August 2022
1814 On this day in history marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74
1816 On this day in history 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 December - 02 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 President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1828 On December - 02 simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 02.
1837 Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1840 The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris
1845 On this day in history manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1845 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
1848 On this day in history franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary
1851 Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic on December - 02.
1852 On December - 02 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1856 Robert Kajanus, composer on December - 02.
1859 Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on this day in history.
1859 The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter on December - 02.
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 this day in history.
1863 On December - 02 gustav Wohlgemuth, composer
1864 On this day in history skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1864 On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31
1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) on December - 02.
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 On this day in history francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)
1869 On December - 02 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor on December - 02.
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