Page 3: Historical Events In January - 02

1861  Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia on this day in history.   

1861  On January - 02 sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  On this day in history sC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on this day in history.   

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends on January - 02.   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on this day in history.   

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on January - 02.   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on this day in history.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  On January - 02 king Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25   

1872  On January - 02 canada and the US first share telegraphed weather reports.   

1873  On January - 02 anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)   

1877  Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) on January - 02.   

1879  British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die on this day in history.   

1879  On January - 02 first Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG   

1879  On this day in history 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG   

1879  Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) on January - 02.   

1880  On this day in history louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer   

1881  Frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists on this day in history.   

1881  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres on January - 02.   

1882  Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust on January - 02.   

1884  On January - 02 jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)   

1885  General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum on January - 02.   

1885  Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum on this day in history.   

1885  Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) on this day in history.   

1886  Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York) on this day in history.   

1889  Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine) on January - 02.   

1890  Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer on January - 02.   

1890  Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny on January - 02.   

1890  On this day in history alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer   

1892  On this day in history lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer   

1892  George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on January - 02.   

1893  The first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued on January - 02.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.   

1647  On January - 02 birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.   

1719  On this day in history birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.   

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

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on January - 02.   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on January - 02.   

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63