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

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

1861  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

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

1872  Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on January - 02.   

1873  On this day in history anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

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

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1879  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on this day in history.   

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history general Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum   

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

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

1886  On January - 02 moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)   

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

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

1890  On January - 02 record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny   

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

1892  On January - 02 lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer   

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90   

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on January - 02.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.   

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  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  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

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

1694  On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  On this day in history domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

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