Page 2: Historical Events In July - 02

1644  William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on this day in history.   

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

1652  On July - 02 guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)   

1663  On July - 02 thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64   

1679  Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth on July - 02.   

1681  Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason on July - 02.   

1687  King James II disbands English parliament on July - 02.   

1698  On this day in history thomas Savery patents the first steam engine   

1700  Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 on July - 02.   

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on this day in history.   

1714  On July - 02 the birth of Christoph von Gluck, German composer   

1714  On this day in history christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore)   

1724  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet on this day in history.   

1737  Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer on this day in history.   

1743  On July - 02 spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies   

1746  On July - 02 hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer   

1756  On July - 02 christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl   

1763  Peter Ritter, composer on this day in history.   

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

1776  On July - 02 nJ gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50 pounds right to vote   

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

1777  On July - 02 vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on July - 02.   

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

1793  On July - 02 antoine Prumier, composer   

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

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on July - 02.   

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

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

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam on July - 02.   

1808  Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam on July - 02.   

1810  Robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885 on July - 02.   

1814  On July - 02 atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer   

1821  Charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896) on this day in history.   

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.   

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

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  On this day in history birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer   

1636  On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer   

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  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on July - 02.   

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

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)   

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies