Page 3: Historical Events In February - 02

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

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

1803  On February - 02 albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1804  Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer on this day in history.   

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  Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF on this day in history.   

1815  Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

1817  John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) on February - 02.   

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  Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice on February - 02.   

1827  Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

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

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

1829  On this day in history madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does £60,000 damage   

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  On February - 02 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

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

1843  US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee on February - 02.   

1844  On February - 02 leander Schlegel, composer   

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

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

1848  On this day in history the Mexican War formally ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.   

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

1850  On this day in history carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker   

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

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

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

1852  On February - 02 francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49   

1854  On February - 02 pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"   

1856  On this day in history makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history 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 February - 02 birth of damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)   

1506  On this day in history 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  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess was born on this day in history.   

1595  On February - 02 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 February - 02.   

1124  On February - 02 death of boÅ™ivoj II of Bohemia   

1218  Death of Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186) on February - 02.   

1250  On February - 02 death of eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)   

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

1461  Death of Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England on this day in history.   

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