Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1775 On this day in history 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 August - 02.
1782 George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction on August - 02.
1786 On August - 02 utrechtse Vroedschap flees
1787 On this day in history 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 this day in history the first US Census is conducted.
1791 On August - 02 samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine
1792 On August - 02 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 this day in history.
1802 On August - 02 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 August - 02.
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 August - 02.
1818 On August - 02 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
1819 The first parachute jump in US on August - 02.
1819 1st parachute jump in US on August - 02.
1826 William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.
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 August - 02 henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)
1834 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)
1849 Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.
1854 On this day in history francis Marion Crawford, British author
1858 On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass
1858 On August - 02 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets
1858 On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76
1861 Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on August - 02.
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