Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On this day in history the birth of Catherine The Great   

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) on May - 02.   

1736  On May - 02 albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on May - 02.   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on May - 02.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua on May - 02.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on May - 02.   

1752  On May - 02 ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  On this day in history vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On May - 02 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On May - 02 novalis, writer   

1776  France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels on this day in history.   

1776  France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels on this day in history.   

1779  On May - 02 john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1780  William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on May - 02.   

1780  On May - 02 william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  On May - 02 henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

1808  On May - 02 uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid   

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on May - 02.   

1810  On May - 02 rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta on this day in history.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on May - 02.   

1818  On May - 02 herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 on this day in history.   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on this day in history.   

1829  After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia on May - 02.   

1833  On this day in history czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

1835  On May - 02 hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast.   

1837  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on May - 02.   

1844  On May - 02 elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1845  On May - 02 domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On this day in history domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)