Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02

1814  On this day in history marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74   

1816  First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on this day in history.   

1816  1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on this day in history.   

1821  On December - 02 rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1822  On December - 02 in San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US   

1823  On December - 02 president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  On December - 02 pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)   

1828  Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1831  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 02.   

1837  Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on December - 02.   

1840  On December - 02 the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

1840  Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on December - 02.   

1845  On this day in history manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.   

1845  On this day in history johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

1846  On December - 02 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary   

1851  On this day in history newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.   

1852  On this day in history 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

1856  Robert Kajanus, composer on December - 02.   

1859  Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

1859  Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on December - 02.   

1859  On this day in history john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  On December - 02 c T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)   

1863  Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer on December - 02.   

1864  Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia on December - 02.   

1864  On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31   

1866  On December - 02 henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal)   

1867  On this day in history in a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.   

1868  1st British government of Disraeli resigns on December - 02.   

1868  On this day in history francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)   

1869  On December - 02 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)   

1870  Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor on December - 02.   

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  On December - 02 birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on December - 02.   

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on December - 02.   

1348  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on December - 02.   

1463  On December - 02 albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies   

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on December - 02.   

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on this day in history.