Historical Events In June - 02
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 this day in history james Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
1857 James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine on June - 02.
1857 Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) on this day in history.
1858 Donati Comet first seen named after it's discoverer on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1863 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves on June - 02.
1863 On June - 02 paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
1864 On June - 02 battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1864 On this day in history ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
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 At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept on this day in history.
1865 George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent) on this day in history.
1865 John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1866 Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces on June - 02.
1869 On June - 02 cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
1873 On June - 02 ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad
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 James A Healy, first black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) on June - 02.
1875 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US on June - 02.
1876 Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history hakon Borresen, composer
1879 On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
1879 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on this day in history.
1881 Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens on this day in history.
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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