Historical Events In August - 02

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer on August - 02.  

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

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

1782  George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on this day in history.  

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  On August - 02 napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"  

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

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

1818  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major on this day in history.  

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

1819  1st parachute jump in US on this day in history.  

1826  On August - 02 william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902  

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1831  Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium on this day in history.  

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

1832  On August - 02 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc  

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

1834  On August - 02 frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)  

1835  On this day in history elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)  

1849  On this day in history mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies  

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

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

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 August - 02.  

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76  

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 this day in history.  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 02.  

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

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

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

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

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

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

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

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)