Page 2: Historical Events In October - 02

1700  On October - 02 spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne   

1704  On October - 02 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

1707  On October - 02 anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57   

1715  On October - 02 peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)   

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

1729  On this day in history arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60   

1737  Franz Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

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

1752  On this day in history samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)   

1756  Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist on October - 02.   

1760  On this day in history russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13]   

1764  On October - 02 william Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom   

1780  On this day in history john Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30   

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

1786  On October - 02 august Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies   

1787  Maagden House opens in Amsterdam on October - 02.   

1788  On this day in history hMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions.   

1789  On October - 02 george Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.   

1792  On October - 02 baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

1792  On this day in history philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer   

1795  On this day in history tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao   

1799  Duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1800  On October - 02 nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)   

1803  Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1804  England mobilizes to protect against French invasion on October - 02.   

1809  On this day in history anton Emil Titl, composer   

1809  Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1817  Gunnar Wennerberg, composer on this day in history.   

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

1821  Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) on October - 02.   

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) on this day in history.   

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  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On October - 02 birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

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

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0472  On this day in history olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  On October - 02 death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.   

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

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