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 January - 02.  

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

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on this day in history.  

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

1863  Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends on January - 02.  

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

1863  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

1870  On this day in history construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins  

1870  On this day in history ernst Barlach, writer  

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1871  On this day in history king Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25  

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

1873  Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) on January - 02.  

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

1879  British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die on January - 02.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 02 general Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum  

1885  On January - 02 gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum  

1885  Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) on January - 02.  

1886  Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York) on January - 02.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1514  On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

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

1685  On this day in history death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

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