Page 2: Historical Events In January - 02

1790  On this day in history joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies   

1791  Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War on this day in history.   

1800  Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery on this day in history.   

1800  Free black community of Phila petitions Congress to abolish slave on January - 02.   

1801  Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on January - 02.   

1803  Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector on this day in history.   

1803  On January - 02 ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69   

1807  On January - 02 tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer   

1809  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history uS Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US)   

1811  On this day in history uS Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)   

1814  Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" on January - 02.   

1818  Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) on this day in history.   

1822  On January - 02 rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)   

1830  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer on January - 02.   

1831  On this day in history liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston   

1831  On January - 02 justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)   

1832  On January - 02 first Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1832  On January - 02 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens   

1833  Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands on January - 02.   

1835  Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1837  On January - 02 mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

1839  First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) on January - 02.   

1839  The first ever photographs o on January - 02.   

1839  On this day in history the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken   

1839  On this day in history 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

1842  First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1842  1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist   

1843  On January - 02 wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Holländer" premieres, Dresden   

1846  Sandor Erkel, composer on January - 02.   

1849  The first gaslit streets in the province of Quebec are lit in Quebec City on January - 02.   

1857  Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history william C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)   

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  On January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.