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 December - 02.  

1816  1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on December - 02.  

1821  On this day in history rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895  

1822  In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US on this day in history.  

1823  President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" on this day in history.  

1825  Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) on December - 02.  

1828  On December - 02 simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39  

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

1837  On this day in history charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

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1840  On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)  

1840  On December - 02 gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris  

1845  Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West on December - 02.  

1845  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1846  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier on this day in history.  

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary on December - 02.  

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

1851  Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic on December - 02.  

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

1856  On December - 02 robert Kajanus, composer  

1859  Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on December - 02.  

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

1859  Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.  

1859  John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 on this day in history.  

1860  C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England) on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer  

1864  On December - 02 skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia  

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on this day in history.  

1866  Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) on December - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer  

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)  

1694  On this day in history birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)  

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.  

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

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)  

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.  

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

1348  Death of Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) on December - 02.  

1381  On this day in history death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic  

1463  On this day in history albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies  

1515  On December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies  

1552  On December - 02 death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)  

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on December - 02.  

1615  On December - 02 death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general