Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

1851  1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine) on June - 02.   

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  Donati Comet first seen named after it's discoverer on June - 02.   

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

1858  On this day in history harry Rowe Shelley, composer   

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 June - 02.   

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

1863  Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 on this day in history.   

1864  Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history george Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34   

1865  On this day in history at Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept   

1865  On this day in history the last members of the American conferedate forces surrender, ending the American civil war.   

1865  On this day in history at Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept   

1865  George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent) on June - 02.   

1865  John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On June - 02 adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)   

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

1881  On June - 02 haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

1882  On this day in history pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

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 this day in history.   

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

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on June - 02.   

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

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.   

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

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on this day in history.   

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