Page 3: Historical Events In February - 02

1804  Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer   

1804  Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62   

1811  russian settlers establish Fort Ross trading post, north of San Francisco.   

1811  Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF   

1815  Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905   

1817  john Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid).   

1820  hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne).   

1822  jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79.   

1823  rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice.   

1827  abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.   

1827  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62   

1828  frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78.   

1829  madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does £60000 damage.   

1835  luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer.   

1840  louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer.   

1843  uS and British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee.   

1843  US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee   

1844  leander Schlegel, composer.   

1847  Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer   

1848  The inaugural shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco   

1848  The Mexican War formally ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo   

1848  1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF   

1850  Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker   

1852  inaugural British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London).   

1852  1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London).   

1852  teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam).   

1852  francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49.   

1854  pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians".   

1856  Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer   

1857  jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector.   

1859  havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex).   

1861  Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)   

1863  samuel Clemens is recorded as becoming Mark Twain for inaugural time.   

1863  samuel Clemens is recorded as becoming Mark Twain for 1st time.   

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

1455  On this day in history birth of king John of Denmark (d. 1513)   

1494  On February - 02 birth of bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)   

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 February - 02.   

1583  On February - 02 birth of anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess   

1595  Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) was born on February - 02.   

0672  On this day in history death of saint Chad   

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

1124  Death of BoÅ™ivoj II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1218  On February - 02 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  Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1461  On February - 02 death of owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England   

1491  Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40 on this day in history.