Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia on this day in history.   

1861  SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor on January - 02.   

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

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on January - 02.   

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1870  On January - 02 construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins   

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  Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) on this day in history.   

1877  Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) on this day in history.   

1879  On January - 02 british battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die   

1879  First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on January - 02.   

1879  1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on January - 02.   

1879  On January - 02 johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

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

1881  On this day in history 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  Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust on January - 02.   

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)   

1889  Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) on this day in history.   

1890  On January - 02 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  On this day in history alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer   

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

1892  On January - 02 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 this day in history birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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 this day in history.   

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  On this day in history 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 January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

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

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 January - 02.   

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  On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

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

1740  On January - 02 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63