Top Historical Events That Happened on July 02

1830  John Bordenave Villepigue, Brig General (Confederate Army).   

1834  Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank.   

1836  Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1843  An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm   

1843  An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm   

1843  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88   

1847  Envelope bearing the inaugural US 10. stamps, still exists today.   

1847  Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today   

1847  Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)   

1849  Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike.   

1850  Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus   

1850  Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62   

1857  Francesco Spetrino, composer.   

1858  Partial emancipation of Russian serfs   

1861  Battle of Hoke's Run, WV.   

1861  Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31.   

1862  Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges   

1862  William Henry Bragg, English physicist is born.   

1863  Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)   

1863  Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28.   

1864  Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester.   

1864  Statuary Hall in US Capitol established   

1864  Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Wash DC   

1865  William Booth forms the Salvation Army.   

1865  William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation)   

1865  Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen).   

1867  The inaugural US elevated railroad begins service, NYC.   

1867  1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC   

1867  Herbert Prior, England, actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire)   

1870  Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium   

1876  Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor (1922-23).   

1877  Herman Hesse, German novelist is born.   

1877  Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946).   

1878  Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61.   

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1029  Caliph al-mustansir of cairo: Caliph al-mustansir of cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur ii: Duke of brittany   

1363  Mary: Queen of sicily   

1489  Thomas cranmer: England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

1492  Elizabeth tudor: English princess   

1581  Johann staden: Composer   

1589  Guillaume van messaus: Composer   

1636  Daniel speer: Composer   

0783  Bert(h)a/berthrada: Mother of charles the great,   

0936  Death of Henry i the vogelaar: German king (919-36)/duke of saxon 912-36,   

1298  Death of Adolf van nassau: Rc-german king (1292-98),   

1504  Stefanus iii bogdanowitsj: Ruler of moldavia (1457-1504),   

1566  Death of Nostradamus: [michel de nostre-dam], french astrologist,   

1582  Death of Akechi mitsuhide: Japanese samurai (b. 1528)   

1591  Vincenzo galilei: Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  Olivier de serres: French farming pioneer (silkworms),