Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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