Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia on January - 02.   

1861  SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.   

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  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

1870  On this day in history construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins   

1870  On January - 02 ernst Barlach, writer   

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

1872  On January - 02 canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.   

1873  Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) on January - 02.   

1877  On January - 02 slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)   

1879  On January - 02 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  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

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

1881  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres on January - 02.   

1882  On January - 02 because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust   

1884  On January - 02 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 January - 02.   

1885  On this day in history johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)   

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

1889  On this day in history tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)   

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

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

1890  On January - 02 alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer   

1892  Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  On this day in history birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on January - 02.   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

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

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on January - 02.   

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 this day in history.