Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On this day in history jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1776  On this day in history formal signing of the Declaration of Independence   

1776  On August - 02 formal signing of Declaration of Independence   

1782  On this day in history george Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction   

1786  On this day in history utrechtse Vroedschap flees   

1787  On this day in history horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc   

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1790  The first US Census is conducted on August - 02.   

1791  On this day in history samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine   

1792  On August - 02 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on August - 02.   

1799  On this day in history jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1802  On August - 02 the French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor   

1802  Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 02 nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

1811  On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1818  On August - 02 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

1819  On August - 02 the first parachute jump in US   

1819  On this day in history 1st parachute jump in US   

1826  On August - 02 william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902   

1827  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1831  On August - 02 ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on August - 02.   

1832  Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc on August - 02.   

1832  On this day in history henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) on this day in history.   

1835  On August - 02 elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.   

1854  On August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

1858  On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass   

1858  On August - 02 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1861  On this day in history skirmish at Dug Springs, MI   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)