Historical Events In February - 02

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

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

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

1804  Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer on February - 02.   

1804  On February - 02 caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62   

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

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

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  On February - 02 hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)   

1822  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79 on February - 02.   

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 February - 02.   

1828  Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78 on February - 02.   

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 February - 02.   

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

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

1843  On this day in history uS & British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee   

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

1844  Leander Schlegel, composer on February - 02.   

1847  On this day in history jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

1848  The first shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco on February - 02.   

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  On February - 02 first British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)   

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

1852  On this day in history 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  Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer on February - 02.   

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

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

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 February - 02.   

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

1506  René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)   

1583  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess was born on February - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1218  Death of Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1491  On this day in history martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40