Historical Events In October - 02
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1700 On this day in history spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne
1704 On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer
1707 On this day in history anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1715 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30) on October - 02.
1721 Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies on October - 02.
1729 Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history franz Schneider, composer
1746 Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty on October - 02.
1752 On this day in history samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1756 On October - 02 jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist
1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13] on this day in history.
1764 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on October - 02.
1780 On this day in history john Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30
1780 On this day in history john Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1786 On October - 02 august Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.
1788 HMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions on October - 02.
1789 George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification on this day in history.
1792 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London on October - 02.
1792 On October - 02 philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer
1795 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao on October - 02.
1799 Duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands on this day in history.
1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831) on this day in history.
1803 On October - 02 samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
1804 On this day in history england mobilizes to protect against French invasion
1809 Anton Emil Titl, composer on this day in history.
1809 On October - 02 wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
1817 On this day in history gunnar Wennerberg, composer
1819 George Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 on October - 02.
1821 On October - 02 alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 On October - 02 joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79)
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 On this day in history edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist
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