Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

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

1647  Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs on July - 02.   

1652  Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans) on this day in history.   

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

1679  Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth on this day in history.   

1681  Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason on July - 02.   

1687  On July - 02 king James II disbands English parliament   

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

1700  Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on July - 02.   

1714  The birth of Christoph von Gluck, German composer on this day in history.   

1714  Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore) on July - 02.   

1724  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet on July - 02.   

1737  Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer on July - 02.   

1743  On this day in history 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  Peter Ritter, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1777  Vermont becomes first American colony to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history antoine Prumier, composer   

1794  2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria on this day in history.   

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

1808  On July - 02 simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam   

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam on July - 02.   

1810  On July - 02 robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885   

1814  On this day in history atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer   

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

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1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

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

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.   

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 02.   

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

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 July - 02 olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies