Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  On January - 02 colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia   

1861  SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.   

1861  SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.   

1861  On January - 02 helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on January - 02.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on January - 02.   

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on January - 02.   

1870  On this day in history construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on this day in history.   

1872  Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on this day in history.   

1873  On January - 02 anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

1877  Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) on January - 02.   

1879  British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die on this day in history.   

1879  First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on this day in history.   

1879  1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on this day in history.   

1879  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on January - 02.   

1880  On this day in history louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

1881  On January - 02 frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists   

1881  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres on January - 02.   

1882  On January - 02 because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust   

1884  On this day in history jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)   

1885  General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum on this day in history.   

1885  Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum on January - 02.   

1885  On this day in history johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)   

1886  Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)   

1890  On this day in history alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer   

1890  Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on this day in history.   

1890  Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer on January - 02.   

1892  On this day in history lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer   

1892  On this day in history george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90   

1893  On this day in history the first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued   

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on January - 02.   

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

0017  On January - 02 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  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63