Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On this day in history the birth of Catherine The Great   

1729  On this day in history catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1736  On May - 02 albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on May - 02.   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on May - 02.   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on May - 02.   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on May - 02.   

1754  On May - 02 vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  Novalis, writer on May - 02.   

1776  France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels on May - 02.   

1776  France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels on this day in history.   

1779  On May - 02 john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1780  William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on May - 02.   

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on May - 02.   

1808  On May - 02 uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid   

1810  On May - 02 hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on this day in history.   

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta on this day in history.   

1817  On May - 02 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1821  On May - 02 abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  On this day in history goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)   

1829  On May - 02 after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.   

1833  On this day in history czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

1835  On May - 02 hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast.   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 02 carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents on this day in history.   

1845  On May - 02 domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On this day in history domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)