Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

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

1861  On this day in history sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on January - 02.   

1861  On this day in history helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

1861  On January - 02 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  On January - 02 lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

1863  On January - 02 roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

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

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on this day in history.   

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

1873  On January - 02 anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

1877  Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) on January - 02.   

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 January - 02.   

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

1879  On January - 02 johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on this day in history.   

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

1882  Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust on January - 02.   

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1886  On January - 02 moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York)   

1889  On January - 02 tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)   

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

1890  Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on this day in history.   

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

1892  Lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer on January - 02.   

1892  George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on January - 02.   

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on this day in history.   

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

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 02 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  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

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

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

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

1557  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

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

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on January - 02.   

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

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