Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer on this day in history.   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on August - 02.   

1776  On this day in history formal signing of Declaration of Independence   

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

1786  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on August - 02.   

1787  Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc on August - 02.   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1790  The first US Census is conducted on this day in history.   

1791  On August - 02 samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine   

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

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 August - 02.   

1802  On August - 02 napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1819  On August - 02 the first parachute jump in US   

1819  On August - 02 1st parachute jump in US   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.   

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

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

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on this day in history.   

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) on August - 02.   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) on August - 02.   

1835  On August - 02 elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

1849  On August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

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

1858  On August - 02 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

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 this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On August - 02 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  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

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.