Page 2: Historical Events In July - 21
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
1773 Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits. 

1774 Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War). 

1779 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer. 

1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63. 

1796 Robert Burns Scottish poet, dies. 

1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37. 

1797 Franz Schoberlechner, composer 

1798 In this year, Napoleon Bonaparte claims Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 

1802 David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886. 

1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery 

1810 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist. 

1815 Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901. 

1816 Paul von Reuter, News agency founder is born. 

1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service 

1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator 

1821 Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat. 

1821 Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55 

1822 Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer 

1823 After pirate attack, LT David G. Farragut leads landing party to destroy pirate stronghold in Cuba. 

1825 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics. 

1826 James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers) 

1828 John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king 

1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 

1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55. 

1832 Henrietta Marie Morse King, cattlewoman. 

1836 The inaugural Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St John, Quebec. 

1836 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St John, Quebec. 

1846 Mormons are discovered inaugural English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley). 

1846 Mormons are discovered 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley) 

1856 Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania). 

1857 A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer. 

1861 Battle of inaugural Bull Run 

1861 The inaugural major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South claims. 

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