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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1861  On January - 02 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  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on January - 02.   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on this day in history.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on January - 02.   

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on January - 02.   

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

1873  On January - 02 anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 02.   

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

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  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  Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny   

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

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

1892  George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on January - 02.   

1893  On January - 02 the first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued   

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on January - 02.   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on this day in history.   

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

1732  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

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  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

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