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  SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.   

1861  SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on January - 02.   

1861  Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on January - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) on January - 02.   

1863  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

1870  Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins on January - 02.   

1870  Ernst Barlach, writer on this day in history.   

1871  King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906)   

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

1879  First Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG on this day in history.   

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

1879  On January - 02 johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

1880  Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer on January - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1884  Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) on January - 02.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1890  Alice Sanger becomes first female White House staffer on this day in history.   

1890  On January - 02 record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny   

1890  On January - 02 alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer   

1892  On January - 02 lura Anson, Nebraska, entertainer   

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

1893  On January - 02 the first US commemoratives &1st US stamp to picture a woman issued   

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1642  On this day in history birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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

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

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

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on January - 02.   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on January - 02.   

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

1732  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on January - 02.   

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

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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