Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

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

1855  On this day in history the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

1857  James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine on June - 02.   

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

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

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 June - 02.   

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

1863  On June - 02 harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves   

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

1864  On June - 02 battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2   

1864  On June - 02 ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)   

1864  George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

1865  On June - 02 john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59   

1866  On this day in history renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces   

1869  On June - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1873  Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65 on June - 02.   

1875  On June - 02 james A Healy, first black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)   

1875  James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US on this day in history.   

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

1876  On June - 02 hakon Borresen, composer   

1879  Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on this day in history.   

1879  E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on June - 02.   

1881  Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens on June - 02.   

1882  Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris on this day in history.   

1882  Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 on June - 02.   

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on June - 02.   

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on June - 02.   

1535  On this day in history birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  On this day in history birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on June - 02.   

1624  On June - 02 birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

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

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

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

1572  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland