Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  On this day in history william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24   

1647  On July - 02 daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs   

1652  On July - 02 guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)   

1663  On this day in history thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64   

1679  Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth on July - 02.   

1681  On this day in history earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason   

1687  On this day in history king James II disbands English parliament   

1698  Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine on this day in history.   

1700  Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1708  On July - 02 willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies   

1714  On July - 02 the birth of Christoph von Gluck, German composer   

1714  Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore) on this day in history.   

1724  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer   

1743  On this day in history spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies   

1746  Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer on this day in history.   

1756  Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl on July - 02.   

1763  Peter Ritter, composer on July - 02.   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States"   

1776  On July - 02 nJ gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds right to vote   

1777  Vermont becomes first American colony to abolish slavery on July - 02.   

1777  Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

1778  On July - 02 jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

1787  On this day in history de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered   

1793  On this day in history antoine Prumier, composer   

1794  2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria on July - 02.   

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on July - 02.   

1798  On July - 02 john Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies   

1798  On July - 02 john Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies   

1808  On July - 02 simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam   

1808  On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam   

1810  Robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer   

1821  Charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896) on this day in history.   

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1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.   

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  On this day in history birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer   

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0936  On this day in history henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies   

1298  On July - 02 adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

1504  On this day in history stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies   

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on July - 02.   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on July - 02.   

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies