Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On May - 02 the birth of Catherine The Great   

1729  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

1749  On May - 02 empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

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

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

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on May - 02.   

1754  On this day in history vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

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

1772  On this day in history novalis, writer   

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 this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1780  On May - 02 william Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1780  William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on May - 02.   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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  On this day in history marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on this day in history.   

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

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 02 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  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history 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  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  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on May - 02.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

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

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

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  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 May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

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

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

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