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

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

1749  On this day in history empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

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  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

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

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  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on May - 02.   

1810  Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on this day in history.   

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta on May - 02.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on May - 02.   

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

1833  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast.   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on May - 02.   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents on May - 02.   

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

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

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

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

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

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

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

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

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

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

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  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)