Page 3: Historical Events In May - 02

1846  On May - 02 zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1847  On May - 02 sabbath famine   

1849  On May - 02 david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  On May - 02 franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)   

1853  On May - 02 marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history frederic Cliffe, composer   

1857  On May - 02 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 May - 02.   

1863  Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North on this day in history.   

1863  On May - 02 south defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va   

1864  On this day in history giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72   

1865  On May - 02 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 May - 02.   

1869  Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band) on this day in history.   

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

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

1876  Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League on May - 02.   

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

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

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  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published   

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

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

1886  Gottfried Benn, writer on May - 02.   

1887  G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on May - 02.   

1887  On May - 02 hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film   

1887  On May - 02 edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

1889  Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale on this day in history.   

1890  On May - 02 territory of Oklahoma created   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

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

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)