Historical Events In May - 02

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer on this day in history.   

1847  Sabbath famine on May - 02.   

1849  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  On this day in history frederic Cliffe, composer   

1857  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on May - 02.   

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer on May - 02.   

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) on this day in history.   

1862  On May - 02 marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)   

1863  On May - 02 stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North   

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

1865  On May - 02 pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

1866  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)   

1872  On May - 02 g G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)   

1876  Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League on this day in history.   

1876  On May - 02 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 May - 02.   

1881  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 on May - 02.   

1884  Francois de Vries, Dutch economist on May - 02.   

1885  On May - 02 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published   

1885  Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 02 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published   

1886  On this day in history gottfried Benn, writer   

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

1887  Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history territory of Oklahoma created   

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

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

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

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

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 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  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

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

1300  On May - 02 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 this day in history.