Page 2: Historical Events In January - 02

1790  Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.   

1800  Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

1800  Free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave on January - 02.   

1801  Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1803  On this day in history ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69   

1807  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer on January - 02.   

1809  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)   

1814  On this day in history lord Byron completes "The Corsair"   

1818  Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) on January - 02.   

1822  Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics) on this day in history.   

1830  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer on this day in history.   

1831  On January - 02 liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston   

1831  Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) on this day in history.   

1832  First Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens on January - 02.   

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

1833  On this day in history re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.   

1835  Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1837  On January - 02 mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

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

1839  The first ever photographs o on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken   

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  1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn on January - 02.   

1842  Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist on January - 02.   

1843  On January - 02 wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Holländer" premieres, Dresden   

1846  Sandor Erkel, composer on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history the first gaslit streets in the province of Quebec are lit in Quebec City   

1857  Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on this day in history.   

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

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.   

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.   

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

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

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

1732  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

0017  On January - 02 publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

1557  On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on January - 02.   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

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

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