Page 2: Historical Events In October - 02

1700  On this day in history spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne   

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57   

1715  On this day in history peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)   

1721  Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1729  Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1737  Franz Schneider, composer on October - 02.   

1746  On this day in history josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty   

1752  Samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) on October - 02.   

1756  On this day in history jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist   

1760  Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13] on October - 02.   

1764  On this day in history william Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom   

1780  John Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30 on October - 02.   

1780  On this day in history john Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)   

1786  August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies on October - 02.   

1787  On October - 02 maagden House opens in Amsterdam   

1788  On October - 02 hMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions.   

1789  On this day in history george Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.   

1792  On this day in history baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

1792  On October - 02 philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer   

1795  Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao on this day in history.   

1799  On October - 02 duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands   

1800  Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831) on October - 02.   

1803  On this day in history samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81   

1804  On October - 02 england mobilizes to protect against French invasion   

1809  On October - 02 anton Emil Titl, composer   

1809  On October - 02 wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59   

1817  On this day in history gunnar Wennerberg, composer   

1819  On October - 02 george Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901   

1821  On October - 02 alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) on October - 02.   

1823  Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20] on this day in history.   

1827  Edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on October - 02.   

1832  Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist on October - 02.   

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1452  On October - 02 birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

1470  On this day in history birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on October - 02.   

1704  On October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on this day in history.   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on October - 02.   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.