Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On August - 02 jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1776  On August - 02 formal signing of the Declaration of Independence   

1776  Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history george Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction   

1786  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on this day in history.   

1787  On August - 02 horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history the first US Census is conducted.   

1791  Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on August - 02.   

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1798  On August - 02 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1802  The French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor on August - 02.   

1802  Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

1811  On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1818  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major on August - 02.   

1819  The first parachute jump in US on August - 02.   

1819  1st parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1831  Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium on this day in history.   

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  On this day in history henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

1834  On August - 02 frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)   

1835  On this day in history elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.   

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 02.   

1858  On August - 02 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1861  Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on this day in history.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)