Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On August - 02 jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1776  Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence on August - 02.   

1776  Formal signing of Declaration of Independence on August - 02.   

1782  George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction on August - 02.   

1786  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on August - 02.   

1787  Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc on this day in history.   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1790  On August - 02 the first US Census is conducted.   

1791  Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on August - 02.   

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

1798  British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile on this day in history.   

1799  On August - 02 jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1802  The French make Bonaparte first consul for life August 2 and give him the right to name his successor on this day in history.   

1802  Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" on August - 02.   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster on August - 02.   

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

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

1819  On this day in history the first parachute jump in US   

1819  1st parachute jump in US on August - 02.   

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  Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium on this day in history.   

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

1832  On August - 02 whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc   

1832  On August - 02 henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

1834  On August - 02 frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)   

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

1849  On this day in history mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

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 August - 02 skirmish at Dug Springs, MI   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

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

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

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

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

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)