Page 2: Historical Events In April - 02

1762  On April - 02 in Burma a very destructive and violent earthquake felt all over Bengal, Arakan, etc., chiefly and most severely in the north part of the east coast of the Bay of Bengal   

1763  On April - 02 giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer   

1781  On April - 02 frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva   

1784  Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on April - 02.   

1792  Congress establishes Philadelphia mint on this day in history.   

1792  Congress establishes the US mint to coin American money on this day in history.   

1792  US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle &2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins &silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime &half-dime on this day in history.   

1798  H v Fallersleben, writer on this day in history.   

1800  On April - 02 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C   

1801  On this day in history during the naval battle of Copenhagen, Nelson ignores a signal to withdraw by putting the telescope to his blind eye   

1801  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen on this day in history.   

1803  On April - 02 franz Paul Lachner, composer   

1803  On April - 02 hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56   

1804  On April - 02 forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.   

1805  On April - 02 the birth of Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of fairy tales   

1805  Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales on April - 02.   

1806  Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army   

1817  Teodulo Mabellini, composer on April - 02.   

1819  On this day in history the first successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins   

1819  1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins on April - 02.   

1826  Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 on April - 02.   

1827  First Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA on April - 02.   

1827  Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 02 william Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)   

1831  On April - 02 charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74   

1833  On this day in history thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1840  The birth of Emile Zola, French author on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history h.L. Fizeau &J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun   

1845  On this day in history h L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun   

1852  A gang of robbers steal 8,000 ounces of gold from the vessel Nelson, anchored off Williamstown, Victoria on April - 02.   

1852  On April - 02 theodor Althaus, writer, dies   

1860  On April - 02 first Italian Parliament met at Turin   

1860  1st Italian Parliament met at Turin on this day in history.   

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1348  On April - 02 birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

1565  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  On this day in history birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On April - 02 birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  On April - 02 birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  On this day in history birth of jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1272  On April - 02 death of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)   

1335  On April - 02 death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  On April - 02 ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on April - 02.   

1640  On April - 02 matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45