Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On August - 02 jose Angel Lamas, composer  

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  On this day in history utrechtse Vroedschap flees  

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  On August - 02 the first US Census is conducted.  

1791  Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on August - 02.  

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

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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 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 August - 02.  

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

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.  

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 this day in history 1st parachute jump in US  

1826  On August - 02 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history 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 August - 02.  

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.  

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author  

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.  

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

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

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.  

1861  Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on this day in history.  

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

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

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

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

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.  

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

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

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  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.  

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