Page 2: Historical Events In December - 02

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1816  First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on December - 02.   

1816  1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) on this day in history.   

1821  Rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 02.   

1822  In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US on December - 02.   

1823  On this day in history president James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"   

1825  Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39   

1831  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1837  Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on December - 02.   

1840  On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

1840  On December - 02 gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

1845  Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

1846  On December - 02 pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier   

1848  On December - 02 franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary   

1848  Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.   

1852  2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor on December - 02.   

1856  Robert Kajanus, composer on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 02 abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.   

1859  On December - 02 the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

1859  On this day in history georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

1859  John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 on this day in history.   

1860  On December - 02 c T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)   

1863  On this day in history gustav Wohlgemuth, composer   

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia   

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on December - 02.   

1866  On December - 02 henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal)   

1867  On this day in history in a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.   

1868  On December - 02 1st British government of Disraeli resigns   

1868  Francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme) on December - 02.   

1869  Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on December - 02.   

1870  Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor on this day in history.   

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on this day in history.   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  On December - 02 birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  On this day in history sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies   

1348  Death of Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on this day in history.   

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on this day in history.   

1515  On December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1552  On December - 02 death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)   

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general