Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  The birth of Catherine The Great on this day in history.   

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) on this day in history.   

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on May - 02.   

1740  On May - 02 elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On May - 02 novalis, writer   

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

1776  On this day in history france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

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

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

1780  William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on this day in history.   

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

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid on May - 02.   

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on May - 02.   

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

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

1817  On May - 02 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on May - 02.   

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

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

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

1833  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on May - 02.   

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

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on May - 02.   

1843  On this day in history carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

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

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

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

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

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

1451  On May - 02 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 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  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

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

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  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)