Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  On this day in history william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24   

1647  On July - 02 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  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 July - 02.   

1687  On this day in history king James II disbands English parliament   

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

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

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 July - 02.   

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

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

1737  On July - 02 francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer   

1743  Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1763  On July - 02 peter Ritter, composer   

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

1777  Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria   

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on July - 02.   

1798  John Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies on July - 02.   

1798  John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 July - 02 charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896)   

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.   

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

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on July - 02.   

1489  On this day in history birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

1492  On July - 02 birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

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

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

1636  On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer   

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.   

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

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 July - 02.   

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)   

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

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