Historical Events In October - 02

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

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer on October - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies   

1729  On October - 02 arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60   

1737  Franz Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

1746  Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty on this day in history.   

1752  On October - 02 samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)   

1756  Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist on this day in history.   

1760  On October - 02 russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13]   

1764  William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

1780  On October - 02 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 this day in history.   

1786  August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies on October - 02.   

1787  On October - 02 maagden House opens in Amsterdam   

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

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  On October - 02 baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

1792  Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer on October - 02.   

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

1799  On October - 02 duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands   

1800  Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831) on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81   

1804  England mobilizes to protect against French invasion on this day in history.   

1809  On October - 02 anton Emil Titl, composer   

1809  On this day in history wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59   

1817  Gunnar Wennerberg, composer on October - 02.   

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

1821  On this day in history alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) on October - 02.   

1823  Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20] on this day in history.   

1827  On October - 02 edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1832  Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist on October - 02.   

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1452  On this day in history 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  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on October - 02.   

0939  On this day in history death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  On October - 02 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  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

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