Page 3: Historical Events In July - 02

1822  Denmark Vesey & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC on this day in history.   

1822  On July - 02 douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains)   

1822  Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC on this day in history.   

1823  Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia on July - 02.   

1830  On July - 02 john Bordenave Villepigue, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1834  On July - 02 hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank   

1836  Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1843  On July - 02 an alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm   

1843  An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm on this day in history.   

1843  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 on July - 02.   

1847  Envelope bearing the first US 10. stamps, still exists today on this day in history.   

1847  On July - 02 envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today   

1847  Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology) on July - 02.   

1849  On July - 02 garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike   

1850  Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus on this day in history.   

1850  Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history francesco Spetrino, composer   

1858  Partial emancipation of Russian serfs on July - 02.   

1861  Battle of Hoke's Run, WV on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31   

1862  On this day in history lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges   

1862  The birth of William Henry Bragg, English physicist on July - 02.   

1863  Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day) on July - 02.   

1863  Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 on July - 02.   

1864  On July - 02 gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester   

1864  On this day in history statuary Hall in US Capitol established   

1864  Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Wash DC on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history william Booth forms the Salvation Army   

1865  On July - 02 william Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation)   

1865  On this day in history lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)   

1867  On this day in history the first US elevated railroad begins service, NYC   

1867  1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC on this day in history.   

1867  On July - 02 herbert Prior, England, actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire)   

1870  Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium on this day in history.   

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1029  On July - 02 birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

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

1489  On July - 02 birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

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

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

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on this day in history.   

0783  On July - 02 bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies   

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

1566  On this day in history nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62   

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

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.