Historical Events In December - 02

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

1816  On December - 02 first savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)  

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

1821  Rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 02.  

1822  On this day in history in San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US  

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

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 December - 02.  

1831  On December - 02 traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56  

1837  Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

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

1840  Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

1845  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on December - 02.  

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 December - 02 franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary  

1851  On December - 02 newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.  

1852  2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor on December - 02.  

1856  Robert Kajanus, composer on this day in history.  

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

1859  The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter on this day in history.  

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

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

1860  On this day in history c T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)  

1863  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer  

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia  

1864  On this day in history archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31  

1866  Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) on this day in history.  

1867  In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States on December - 02.  

1868  On this day in history 1st British government of Disraeli resigns  

1868  On December - 02 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 this day in history.  

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat  

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

1754  On this day in history birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)  

0537  On this day in history sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies  

1348  On December - 02 death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)  

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

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

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

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on December - 02.  

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.