Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

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

1855  On June - 02 the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

1857  James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine on June - 02.   

1857  On June - 02 james Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine   

1857  Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history harry Rowe Shelley, composer   

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

1862  Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC on this day in history.   

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

1863  Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 on June - 02.   

1864  On this day in history ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)   

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

1865  At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept on June - 02.   

1865  The last members of the American conferedate forces surrender, ending the American civil war on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history at Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept   

1865  On this day in history george Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)   

1865  On this day in history john E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59   

1866  Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces on this day in history.   

1869  Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings) on this day in history.   

1873  Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad on June - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history james A Healy, first black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)   

1875  On June - 02 james Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US   

1876  On June - 02 hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina   

1876  Hakon Borresen, composer on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)   

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  On this day in history guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74   

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0926  Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) was born on this day in history.   

1504  George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on June - 02.   

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

1577  On June - 02 birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

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

1624  On this day in history birth of jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)   

1715  Herman-Francois Delange, composer was born on June - 02.   

1740  On June - 02 birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

0657  Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia on June - 02.   

1418  Death of Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile on June - 02.   

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

1567  Death of Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain on this day in history.   

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

1575  On this day in history pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65   

1581  Death of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland on June - 02.