Page 2: Historical Events In August - 02

1775  On this day in history jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1776  On August - 02 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  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on this day in history.   

1787  Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc on August - 02.   

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

1790  On this day in history the first US Census is conducted.   

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

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1798  On August - 02 british under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1802  On August - 02 napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"   

1802  On this day in history nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

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

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

1819  The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

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

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) on August - 02.   

1834  On this day in history frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)   

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

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history francis Marion Crawford, British author   

1858  The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 02.   

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

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on August - 02.   

1858  On August - 02 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  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

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

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.