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 August - 02 formal signing of Declaration of Independence  

1782  On this day in history george Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction  

1786  On August - 02 utrechtse Vroedschap flees  

1787  On this day in history horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc  

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1790  The first US Census is conducted on August - 02.  

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  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54  

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 this day in history.  

1802  On August - 02 nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster  

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 August - 02.  

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

1819  On August - 02 1st parachute jump in US  

1826  On this day in history william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902  

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 August - 02.  

1832  On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc  

1832  On August - 02 henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)  

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

1835  Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) on this day in history.  

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.  

1854  Francis Marion Crawford, British author on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass  

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

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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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.  

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

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.  

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.  

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  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.  

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

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.  

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.  

1002  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)