Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On May - 02 the birth of Catherine The Great   

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) on May - 02.   

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on May - 02.   

1740  On May - 02 elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 02 carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on this day in history.   

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  On May - 02 france &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels   

1776  On this day in history france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

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

1780  William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on this day in history.   

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

1799  On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

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

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on May - 02.   

1810  On May - 02 rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1816  On this day in history marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on May - 02.   

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

1821  On this day in history abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on this day in history.   

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

1833  On May - 02 czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

1835  Hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast on this day in history.   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on May - 02.   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 02 elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on May - 02.   

1845  On May - 02 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  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

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  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.