Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on July - 02.   

1647  On this day in history daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs   

1652  On July - 02 guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)   

1663  On July - 02 thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64   

1679  On July - 02 europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.   

1681  Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason on this day in history.   

1687  King James II disbands English parliament on July - 02.   

1698  On July - 02 thomas Savery patents the first steam engine   

1700  Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 on July - 02.   

1708  On this day in history willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies   

1714  On this day in history the birth of Christoph von Gluck, German composer   

1714  Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore) on this day in history.   

1724  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer   

1743  On July - 02 spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies   

1746  On July - 02 hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer   

1756  Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl on July - 02.   

1763  On this day in history peter Ritter, composer   

1776  Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States" on July - 02.   

1776  NJ gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds right to vote on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history vermont becomes first American colony to abolish slavery   

1777  On July - 02 vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery   

1778  On July - 02 jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

1787  de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered on this day in history.   

1793  Antoine Prumier, composer on July - 02.   

1794  2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria on July - 02.   

1794  On this day in history franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65   

1798  On this day in history john Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies   

1798  On July - 02 john Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies   

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam on this day in history.   

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885   

1814  Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896)   

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1029  On July - 02 birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  On July - 02 birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

1363  On July - 02 birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

1489  On July - 02 birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on July - 02.   

1581  On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer   

0783  On July - 02 bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies   

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on this day in history.   

1298  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies   

1566  On this day in history nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on July - 02.   

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies