Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

1851  1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine) on this day in history.   

1855  The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on June - 02.   

1857  James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine on this day in history.   

1857  James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance)   

1858  Donati Comet first seen named after it's discoverer on this day in history.   

1858  On June - 02 donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer   

1858  On June - 02 harry Rowe Shelley, composer   

1862  On this day in history gen Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC   

1862  Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC on June - 02.   

1863  On this day in history harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves   

1863  On this day in history paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)   

1864  Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 on this day in history.   

1864  Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop) on June - 02.   

1864  George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34 on June - 02.   

1865  On June - 02 at Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept   

1865  The last members of the American conferedate forces surrender, ending the American civil war on June - 02.   

1865  At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept on this day in history.   

1865  On June - 02 george Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)   

1865  On June - 02 john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59   

1866  On this day in history renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces   

1869  On June - 02 cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)   

1873  On this day in history ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad   

1873  On this day in history construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad   

1873  Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65 on June - 02.   

1875  James A Healy, first black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history james Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US   

1876  Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina on June - 02.   

1876  On this day in history hakon Borresen, composer   

1879  Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on June - 02.   

1879  E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on this day in history.   

1881  Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens on this day in history.   

1882  On June - 02 pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris   

1882  Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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0926  On June - 02 birth of murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)   

1504  On this day in history birth of george/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht   

1535  On this day in history birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  Giovanni Righi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history birth of benjamin Rogers, composer   

1624  Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) was born on this day in history.   

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on June - 02.   

0910  On June - 02 death of richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia   

1418  On June - 02 death of katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile   

1564  On June - 02 gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies   

1567  On June - 02 death of shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain   

1572  Death of Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 on this day in history.   

1575  Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history death of james Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland