Historical Events In December - 02

1814  On this day in history marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74   

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

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

1821  On December - 02 rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

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

1823  On December - 02 president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  On December - 02 pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)   

1828  On December - 02 simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39   

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  The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) on December - 02.   

1840  On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

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  On December - 02 johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

1846  Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 02 franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary   

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

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

1852  On December - 02 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

1856  Robert Kajanus, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.   

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

1859  On this day in history georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

1859  On this day in history john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England) on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 02 gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

1864  On December - 02 skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia   

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on this day in history.   

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

1867  On December - 02 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  On this day in history francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)   

1869  Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on December - 02.   

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

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

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  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on December - 02.   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.   

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on December - 02.   

1348  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  On December - 02 death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on this day in history.   

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on December - 02.   

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on December - 02.   

1592  On December - 02 alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on December - 02.