Historical Events In January - 02

1861  On this day in history colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia   

1861  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

1863  Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends on this day in history.   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on this day in history.   

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on this day in history.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on January - 02.   

1871  On January - 02 king Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25   

1872  Canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports on January - 02.   

1873  On this day in history anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

1877  On this day in history slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)   

1879  On this day in history british battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die   

1879  First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on this day in history.   

1879  1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on January - 02.   

1879  On this day in history johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on January - 02.   

1881  On this day in history frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists   

1881  On this day in history camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres   

1882  On this day in history because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust   

1884  On this day in history jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)   

1885  General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum on January - 02.   

1885  Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum on this day in history.   

1885  Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)   

1889  Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer   

1890  On January - 02 record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny   

1890  Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer on January - 02.   

1892  On January - 02 lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer   

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90   

1893  On this day in history the first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on January - 02.   

1732  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

0017  On January - 02 publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on January - 02.   

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  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63