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 this day in history johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59   

1803  Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector on January - 02.   

1803  Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 on January - 02.   

1807  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer on January - 02.   

1809  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer on January - 02.   

1811  On January - 02 uS Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US)   

1811  On January - 02 uS Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)   

1814  Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" on this day in history.   

1818  Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) on this day in history.   

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

1830  On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer   

1831  Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston on January - 02.   

1831  On this day in history justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)   

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

1832  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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

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

1839  The first ever photographs o on January - 02.   

1839  On January - 02 the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken   

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

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  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 this day in history sandor Erkel, composer   

1849  On January - 02 the first gaslit streets in the province of Quebec are lit in Quebec City   

1857  On January - 02 frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

1860  William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) on January - 02.   

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

1647  On January - 02 birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  On January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  On January - 02 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 this day in history birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

1732  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

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  On this day in history death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)   

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

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.