Page 3: Historical Events In February - 02

1802  1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents) on February - 02.   

1802  On this day in history jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist   

1803  Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on February - 02.   

1804  On this day in history leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

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

1811  Russian settlers establish Fort Ross trading post, north of San Francisco on February - 02.   

1811  Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF on February - 02.   

1815  On this day in history nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1817  John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) on this day in history.   

1820  Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne) on this day in history.   

1822  On February - 02 jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79   

1823  On this day in history rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice   

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

1827  On February - 02 johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62   

1828  On this day in history frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78   

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

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

1835  On this day in history luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer   

1840  Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer on February - 02.   

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

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

1844  Leander Schlegel, composer on this day in history.   

1847  On February - 02 jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

1848  On February - 02 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 this day in history.   

1848  1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF on this day in history.   

1850  On February - 02 carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker   

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

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

1852  Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam) on February - 02.   

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

1854  On this day in history pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"   

1856  Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer on February - 02.   

1857  Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector on this day in history.   

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1208  James I of Aragon (d. 1276) was born on February - 02.   

1455  King John of Denmark (d. 1513) was born on February - 02.   

1494  Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) was born on February - 02.   

1502  Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574) was born on February - 02.   

1506  On February - 02 birth of rené de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)   

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  Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) was born on February - 02.   

0672  Death of Saint Chad on February - 02.   

1032  On this day in history rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies   

1124  On this day in history death of boÅ™ivoj II of Bohemia   

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

1250  On this day in history death of eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)   

1435  Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61 on February - 02.   

1461  Death of Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England on February - 02.   

1491  On February - 02 martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40