Historical Events In June - 02

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

1855  The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on June - 02.  

1857  On this day in history james Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine  

1857  On this day in history james Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine  

1857  Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) on this day in history.  

1858  On June - 02 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  Harry Rowe Shelley, composer on this day in history.  

1862  Gen Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC on this day in history.  

1862  Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC on this day in history.  

1863  Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves on June - 02.  

1863  Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) on June - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  On June - 02 at Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept  

1865  George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent) on this day in history.  

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

1866  Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces on this day in history.  

1869  Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings) on June - 02.  

1873  Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad on this day in history.  

1873  Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65  

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

1875  James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US on June - 02.  

1876  On this day in history hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina  

1876  Hakon Borresen, composer on June - 02.  

1879  Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on June - 02.  

1879  On June - 02 e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23  

1881  On this day in history haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens  

1882  Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris on June - 02.  

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  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on June - 02.  

1535  On June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)  

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer  

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on June - 02.  

1715  On June - 02 birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer  

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on June - 02.  

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on June - 02.  

0910  On June - 02 death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia  

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

1564  Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on June - 02.  

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

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on this day in history.