Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on December - 02.   

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

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

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

1822  In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US on December - 02.   

1823  President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" on December - 02.   

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

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   

1840  The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) on December - 02.   

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 December - 02.   

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

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

1856  On December - 02 robert Kajanus, composer   

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

1859  On December - 02 the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

1859  On this day in history georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

1859  John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 on December - 02.   

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

1863  Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1868  On December - 02 1st British government of Disraeli resigns   

1868  Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme) on December - 02.   

1869  Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor   

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

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

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

1703  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On December - 02 birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

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

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.   

0537  On December - 02 sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies   

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

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

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 02 alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

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