Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

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

1855  On June - 02 the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

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

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  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 June - 02.   

1858  Harry Rowe Shelley, composer on this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

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  Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 on June - 02.   

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

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

1865  On June - 02 george Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)   

1865  On June - 02 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  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 this day in history.   

1873  Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 June - 02.   

1876  Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina on this day in history.   

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  Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens on this day in history.   

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

1882  Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1504  On June - 02 birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605) was born on this day in history.   

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

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of herman-Francois Delange, composer   

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

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

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

1418  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

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 June - 02.