Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1816  On December - 02 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 this day in history.   

1823  On December - 02 president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1840  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

1846  On December - 02 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier   

1848  On this day in history franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary   

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

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

1859  On December - 02 john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

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

1863  On December - 02 gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

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

1864  On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31   

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

1867  On December - 02 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 this day in history jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)   

1870  On December - 02 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 December - 02.   

1694  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

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

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  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

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

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on December - 02.   

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  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on December - 02.