Page 3: Historical Events In February - 02

1802  1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents) on this day in history.   

1802  On February - 02 jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist   

1803  On this day in history albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1804  Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer on February - 02.   

1804  Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history russian settlers establish Fort Ross trading post, north of San Francisco   

1811  On February - 02 russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF   

1815  On February - 02 nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1817  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)   

1820  On this day in history hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)   

1822  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1823  Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

1827  On February - 02 abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1827  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1828  On February - 02 frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78   

1829  On February - 02 madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does £60,000 damage   

1829  Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does £60,000 damage on this day in history.   

1835  Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer on February - 02.   

1840  On this day in history louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

1843  US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee on this day in history.   

1843  On February - 02 uS & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee   

1844  Leander Schlegel, composer on this day in history.   

1847  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer on February - 02.   

1848  On this day in history the first shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco   

1848  The Mexican War formally ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February - 02.   

1848  1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF on February - 02.   

1850  Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker on this day in history.   

1852  First British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London) on February - 02.   

1852  1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London) on this day in history.   

1852  On February - 02 teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)   

1852  On this day in history francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49   

1854  Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians" on this day in history.   

1856  Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On February - 02 jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector   

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1208  On February - 02 birth of james I of Aragon (d. 1276)   

1455  On February - 02 birth of king John of Denmark (d. 1513)   

1494  Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)   

1506  René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) was born on February - 02.   

1522  Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)   

0672  Death of Saint Chad on this day in history.   

1032  Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1124  Death of BoÅ™ivoj II of Bohemia on February - 02.   

1218  On this day in history death of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)   

1250  Death of Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1435  On this day in history johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61   

1461  On this day in history death of owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England   

1491  Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40 on February - 02.