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  Utrechtse Vroedschap flees on this day in history.   

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

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1791  Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 02 napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"   

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

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 this day in history.   

1819  On August - 02 the first parachute jump in US   

1819  1st parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

1831  On this day in history ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

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  Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) on August - 02.   

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

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

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

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

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

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1861  Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI on August - 02.   

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1455  On August - 02 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 August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

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

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  On August - 02 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)