Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia on January - 02.   

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

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

1863  Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1877  On January - 02 slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)   

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

1879  On this day in history johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

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

1885  General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum on this day in history.   

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

1885  On January - 02 johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1892  Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

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

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

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

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

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on January - 02.   

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on January - 02.   

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63