Page 2: 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  Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1782  George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction on August - 02.   

1786  On this day in history utrechtse Vroedschap flees   

1787  On August - 02 horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc   

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1790  The first US Census is conducted on this day in history.   

1791  Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on this day in history.   

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

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on August - 02.   

1799  On August - 02 jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1802  The French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 02 napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history 1st parachute jump in US   

1826  On this day in history william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902   

1827  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1831  Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium on August - 02.   

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

1832  On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  On this day in history henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

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

1835  Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) on this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history francis Marion Crawford, British author   

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

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

1861  On August - 02 skirmish at Dug Springs, MI   

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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  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 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  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

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