Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1729  On May - 02 catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1736  On this day in history albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1740  On this day in history elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

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

1750  On May - 02 carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua   

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

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

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

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

1772  Novalis, writer on May - 02.   

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on this day in history.   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1824  On May - 02 goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)   

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

1833  On May - 02 czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

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  On May - 02 carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents on this day in history.   

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

1845  On this day in history 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 May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

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)