Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer on August - 02.   

1776  On this day in history formal signing of the Declaration of Independence   

1776  On August - 02 formal signing of Declaration of Independence   

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

1786  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on August - 02.   

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

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 August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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

1811  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

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

1831  On August - 02 ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

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

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on this day in history.   

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

1849  On August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

1858  On August - 02 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

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

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

1858  On August - 02 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  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 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  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  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

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