Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02
Thursday, 03 July 2025
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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