Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

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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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)