Historical Events In January - 02

1861  On January - 02 colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia   

1861  On this day in history sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on this day in history.   

1861  On January - 02 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

1863  On this day in history battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on January - 02.   

1863  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on January - 02.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on this day in history.   

1872  On January - 02 canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.   

1873  On January - 02 anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

1877  Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history british battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die   

1879  On January - 02 first Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG   

1879  1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on this day in history.   

1879  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on January - 02.   

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on January - 02.   

1881  Frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists on this day in history.   

1881  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres on January - 02.   

1882  On this day in history because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust   

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on this day in history.   

1885  General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum on January - 02.   

1885  On January - 02 gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum   

1885  Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)   

1889  On January - 02 tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)   

1890  On January - 02 alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer   

1890  Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on January - 02.   

1890  Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer on January - 02.   

1892  Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer on January - 02.   

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90   

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on this day in history.   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  On January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.   

1719  On this day in history birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.   

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.