Page 2: 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 02.   

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

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 this day in history johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

1856  Robert Kajanus, composer on December - 02.   

1859  On this day in history 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 December - 02.   

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

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

1860  C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England) on December - 02.   

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 December - 02.   

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

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

1868  1st British government of Disraeli resigns on December - 02.   

1868  On December - 02 francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)   

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

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

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

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

1348  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

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  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