Page 2: Historical Events In January - 02

1790  Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies on January - 02.   

1791  Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War on January - 02.   

1800  Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery on January - 02.   

1800  Free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave on this day in history.   

1801  Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1803  Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector on January - 02.   

1803  On this day in history ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69   

1807  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer on this day in history.   

1809  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer on this day in history.   

1811  US Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US) on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history uS Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)   

1814  On this day in history lord Byron completes "The Corsair"   

1818  On this day in history lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)   

1822  Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics) on this day in history.   

1830  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer on this day in history.   

1831  Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston on this day in history.   

1831  Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) on January - 02.   

1832  On January - 02 first Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1832  On this day in history 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1833  On this day in history re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.   

1835  Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers) on January - 02.   

1837  On this day in history mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

1839  On this day in history first photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

1839  The first ever photographs o on January - 02.   

1839  The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken on January - 02.   

1839  On January - 02 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

1842  First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania on January - 02.   

1842  On this day in history 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn   

1842  Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist on January - 02.   

1843  Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Holländer" premieres, Dresden on this day in history.   

1846  Sandor Erkel, composer on January - 02.   

1849  The first gaslit streets in the province of Quebec are lit in Quebec City on January - 02.   

1857  Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on January - 02.   

1860  William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) on January - 02.   

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

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

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

1557  On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

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

1694  On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  On this day in history domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

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