Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On May - 02 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  On this day in history elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1749  On May - 02 empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on this day in history.   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer on May - 02.   

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist on May - 02.   

1772  Novalis, writer on May - 02.   

1776  On this day in history france &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels   

1776  On May - 02 france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on this day in history.   

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

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 02 hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

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

1816  On May - 02 marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  On this day in history zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

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

1821  On this day in history abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on May - 02.   

1829  After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia on this day in history.   

1833  On May - 02 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 May - 02 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on this day in history.   

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on May - 02.   

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

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

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.