Historical Events In December - 02

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on December - 02.   

1816  On this day in history first savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)   

1816  1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on December - 02.   

1821  Rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 02.   

1822  In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US on December - 02.   

1823  On this day in history president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) on December - 02.   

1828  Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1831  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 02.   

1837  Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

1840  Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1845  Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West on December - 02.   

1845  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on December - 02.   

1846  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier on December - 02.   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary on December - 02.   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.   

1852  On this day in history 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

1856  On December - 02 robert Kajanus, composer   

1859  Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on December - 02.   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

1859  Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 02 john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  On December - 02 c T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)   

1863  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

1864  Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia on December - 02.   

1864  On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31   

1866  Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history in a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.   

1868  On this day in history 1st British government of Disraeli resigns   

1868  Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme) on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 02 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)   

1870  Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor on December - 02.   

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  On this day in history sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies   

1348  On December - 02 death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  On this day in history death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on December - 02.   

1515  On December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1552  On December - 02 death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)   

1592  On this day in history alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  On this day in history death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general