Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  On July - 02 william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24   

1647  On this day in history daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs   

1652  On this day in history guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)   

1663  Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.   

1681  On July - 02 earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason   

1687  On this day in history king James II disbands English parliament   

1698  Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine on this day in history.   

1700  On July - 02 lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77   

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on July - 02.   

1714  The birth of Christoph von Gluck, German composer on July - 02.   

1714  On July - 02 christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore)   

1724  On July - 02 friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet   

1737  Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer on July - 02.   

1743  Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies on July - 02.   

1746  Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer on July - 02.   

1756  Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl on this day in history.   

1763  Peter Ritter, composer on July - 02.   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States"   

1776  NJ gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds right to vote on July - 02.   

1777  Vermont becomes first American colony to abolish slavery on July - 02.   

1777  Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery on July - 02.   

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

1787  de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered on July - 02.   

1793  On this day in history antoine Prumier, composer   

1794  On July - 02 2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria   

1794  On this day in history franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65   

1798  On this day in history john Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies   

1798  John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies on this day in history.   

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam   

1810  On this day in history robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885   

1814  On this day in history atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer   

1821  Charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896) on July - 02.   

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on this day in history.   

1262  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

1363  On July - 02 birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.   

1492  On July - 02 birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on this day in history.   

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on this day in history.   

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.   

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on July - 02.   

1298  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on this day in history.   

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.   

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on July - 02.   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.