Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On this day in history the birth of Catherine The Great   

1729  On May - 02 catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1736  On May - 02 albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1740  On May - 02 elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on this day in history.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 02 carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  Novalis, writer on this day in history.   

1776  France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 02 france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

1779  On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

1808  On this day in history uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid   

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 02 rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1816  On May - 02 marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  On May - 02 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

1818  On May - 02 herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55   

1821  On May - 02 abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  On this day in history goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)   

1829  On this day in history after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.   

1833  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on May - 02.   

1835  Hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast on May - 02.   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on May - 02.   

1843  On this day in history carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  On this day in history elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on May - 02.   

1845  On May - 02 domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)