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

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

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 this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ernst Barlach, writer   

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

1877  On this day in history slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1880  On January - 02 louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

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

1881  On January - 02 camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres   

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

1884  On January - 02 jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)   

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

1885  On this day in history gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum   

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

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

1889  On January - 02 tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)   

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 January - 02.   

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

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

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

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history 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 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 January - 02.   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

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 this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

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