Historical Events In August - 02
Monday, 25 September 2023
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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