Page 3: Historical Events In June - 02

1851  On June - 02 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)   

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

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

1857  On this day in history 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 June - 02.   

1858  Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer on this day in history.   

1858  On June - 02 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 June - 02.   

1863  Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves on this day in history.   

1863  Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia) on June - 02.   

1864  On June - 02 battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2   

1864  On June - 02 ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)   

1864  On June - 02 george Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34   

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's first cable railroad on this day in history.   

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

1875  James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US on this day in history.   

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

1876  On June - 02 hakon Borresen, composer   

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

1879  On June - 02 e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

1881  On June - 02 haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens   

1882  On this day in history pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris   

1882  Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 on June - 02.   

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0926  On this day in history 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 June - 02 birth of leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)   

1577  On this day in history birth of giovanni Righi, composer   

1614  Benjamin Rogers, composer was born on June - 02.   

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

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

1740  On this day in history birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1572  On June - 02 death of thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36   

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

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