Page 3: Historical Events In May - 02

1846  On May - 02 zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1847  On this day in history sabbath famine   

1849  On this day in history david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC) on this day in history.   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) on May - 02.   

1855  On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer on May - 02.   

1857  On this day in history lC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies   

1859  On May - 02 eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1860  On May - 02 d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

1862  Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine) on this day in history.   

1863  Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North on May - 02.   

1863  South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va on this day in history.   

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on May - 02.   

1865  President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on May - 02.   

1865  On this day in history pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

1866  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on May - 02.   

1869  Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band) on May - 02.   

1872  G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) on this day in history.   

1876  Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League on May - 02.   

1876  On this day in history ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League   

1878  On this day in history uS stops minting 20¢ coin   

1878  US stops minting 20 cent coin on this day in history.   

1881  On May - 02 portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William.   

1884  On May - 02 francois de Vries, Dutch economist   

1885  "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium   

1885  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published   

1886  Gottfried Benn, writer on this day in history.   

1887  G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film   

1887  Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) on May - 02.   

1889  Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale on May - 02.   

1890  Territory of Oklahoma created on this day in history.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

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

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

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

0756  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

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