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

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

1791  On August - 02 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  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 August - 02.   

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

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  On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

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

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

1826  On this day in history william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902   

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

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

1832  1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac & Fox indians, end Black Hawk War on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 02 francis Marion Crawford, British author   

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

1858  On this day in history 1st mailboxes installed in Boston & NYC streets   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1861  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

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

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

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

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

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

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)