Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

1851  1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine) on this day in history.   

1855  The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on this day in history.   

1857  On June - 02 james Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine   

1857  On June - 02 james Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine   

1857  Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) on June - 02.   

1858  On this day in history donati Comet first seen named after it's discoverer   

1858  Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer on this day in history.   

1858  On June - 02 harry Rowe Shelley, composer   

1862  On June - 02 gen Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC   

1862  On this day in history gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC   

1863  On this day in history harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves   

1863  On this day in history paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)   

1864  On this day in history battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2   

1864  On this day in history ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)   

1864  On June - 02 george Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34   

1865  At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept on June - 02.   

1865  The last members of the American conferedate forces surrender, ending the American civil war on June - 02.   

1865  At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept on June - 02.   

1865  On this day in history george Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)   

1865  On this day in history john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59   

1866  On June - 02 renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces   

1869  On this day in history cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)   

1873  Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad on June - 02.   

1873  Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad on June - 02.   

1873  On June - 02 francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65   

1875  On this day in history james A Healy, first black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)   

1875  On June - 02 james Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US   

1876  On June - 02 hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina   

1876  Hakon Borresen, composer on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)   

1879  On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

1881  On this day in history haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

1882  On June - 02 pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris   

1882  On June - 02 guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74   

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0926  On this day in history birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

1504  On this day in history birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on June - 02.   

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  On June - 02 birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  On June - 02 eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.   

1418  On June - 02 death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on June - 02.   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on June - 02.   

1572  On June - 02 death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

1575  On June - 02 pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  On June - 02 death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland