Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  On this day in history helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

1861  On January - 02 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

1863  On January - 02 battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on this day in history.   

1863  On January - 02 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on this day in history.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  On January - 02 king Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25   

1872  On January - 02 canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.   

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 January - 02.   

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

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

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on January - 02.   

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

1881  On this day in history camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres   

1882  On this day in history because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust   

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on January - 02.   

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 January - 02 johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)   

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

1889  Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) on January - 02.   

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 January - 02.   

1890  On January - 02 alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer   

1892  Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer on January - 02.   

1892  George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on January - 02.   

1893  On January - 02 the first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued   

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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 January - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1557  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)   

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 January - 02 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63