Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On August - 02 jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1782  On August - 02 george Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction   

1786  On this day in history utrechtse Vroedschap flees   

1787  On August - 02 horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc   

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1790  On August - 02 the first US Census is conducted.   

1791  On this day in history samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine   

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

1802  On this day in history the French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor   

1802  Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

1811  On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1818  On August - 02 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on August - 02.   

1819  On this day in history 1st parachute jump in US   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on August - 02.   

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1831  On August - 02 ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on this day in history.   

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 02.   

1832  On this day in history henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

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 this day in history.   

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 02.   

1858  1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets on this day in history.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1861  On this day in history skirmish at Dug Springs, MI   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.