Historical Events In April - 02

1762  On this day in history 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  Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer on April - 02.  

1781  Frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva on April - 02.  

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

1792  On April - 02 congress establishes Philadelphia mint  

1792  Congress establishes the US mint to coin American money on April - 02.  

1792  On April - 02 uS authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle &2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins &silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime &half-dime  

1798  On April - 02 h v Fallersleben, writer  

1800  1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C on this day in history.  

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  

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

1803  On this day in history franz Paul Lachner, composer  

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

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

1805  The birth of Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of fairy tales on this day in history.  

1805  Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales on this day in history.  

1806  On April - 02 giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX  

1814  Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army on April - 02.  

1817  Teodulo Mabellini, composer on April - 02.  

1819  The first successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins on April - 02.  

1819  1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins on this day in history.  

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

1827  On this day in history first Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA  

1827  On April - 02 joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils  

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  Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 02.  

1840  The birth of Emile Zola, French author on April - 02.  

1845  On April - 02 h.L. Fizeau &J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun  

1845  On April - 02 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 this day in history.  

1852  Theodor Althaus, writer, dies on April - 02.  

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

1860  On April - 02 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin  

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

1565  On April - 02 birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)  

1602  Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan was born on April - 02.  

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on April - 02.  

1628  Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer was born on April - 02.  

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

1653  Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708) was born on April - 02.  

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on this day in history.  

1118  On April - 02 boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies  

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on this day in history.  

1335  On this day in history 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 this day in history ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52  

1502  On this day in history arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies  

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

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45