Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  On July - 02 william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24   

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

1652  On this day in history guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)   

1663  Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason   

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

1698  Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine on July - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 02.   

1737  On this day in history francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer   

1743  Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies on July - 02.   

1746  On this day in history hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer   

1756  On this day in history christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl   

1763  Peter Ritter, composer on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States"   

1776  On July - 02 nJ gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds right to vote   

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

1777  Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery on July - 02.   

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

1787  de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered on July - 02.   

1793  On this day in history antoine Prumier, composer   

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

1794  On July - 02 franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

1808  On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam   

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

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  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on July - 02.   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.   

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.   

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 July - 02.   

1298  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on July - 02.   

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on July - 02.   

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  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on July - 02.   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.