Page 2: Historical Events In January - 02

1790  On this day in history joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies   

1791  On January - 02 big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.   

1800  On this day in history free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery   

1800  On this day in history free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave   

1801  On January - 02 johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59   

1803  On January - 02 gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector   

1803  On January - 02 ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69   

1807  On this day in history tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer   

1809  On January - 02 friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer   

1811  On this day in history uS Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US)   

1811  US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US) on this day in history.   

1814  Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" on January - 02.   

1818  On January - 02 lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)   

1822  On January - 02 rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)   

1830  On January - 02 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer   

1831  Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston on this day in history.   

1831  Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) on January - 02.   

1832  On this day in history first Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1832  On January - 02 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1833  On January - 02 re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.   

1835  On this day in history charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1837  Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) on January - 02.   

1839  First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) on January - 02.   

1839  On this day in history the first ever photographs o   

1839  The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

1842  First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania on January - 02.   

1842  On this day in history 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn   

1842  On this day in history amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist   

1843  Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Holländer" premieres, Dresden on this day in history.   

1846  On January - 02 sandor Erkel, composer   

1849  The first gaslit streets in the province of Quebec are lit in Quebec City on January - 02.   

1857  On this day in history frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

1860  William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) on this day in history.   

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1642  On this day in history birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on January - 02.   

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on January - 02.   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on January - 02.   

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.   

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on January - 02.   

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on January - 02.   

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.