Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02

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

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

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

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

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

1823  On this day in history president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) on this day in history.   

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.   

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

1840  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1846  On this day in history 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 December - 02 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 December - 02.   

1859  The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter on December - 02.   

1859  On December - 02 georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

1859  On December - 02 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  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

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

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on December - 02.   

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  Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme) on this day in history.   

1869  Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on December - 02.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on December - 02.   

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

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

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

1381  On December - 02 death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

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

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

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

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