Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  The birth of Catherine The Great on May - 02.   

1729  On May - 02 catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on May - 02.   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on this day in history.   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on May - 02.   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on May - 02.   

1754  On May - 02 vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist   

1772  On May - 02 novalis, writer   

1776  France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels on May - 02.   

1776  France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels on May - 02.   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on this day in history.   

1780  William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on May - 02.   

1780  William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on May - 02.   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on May - 02.   

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid on this day in history.   

1810  On May - 02 hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  On May - 02 rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta on May - 02.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on this day in history.   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on May - 02.   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 on May - 02.   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on this day in history.   

1829  After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia on May - 02.   

1833  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on May - 02.   

1835  Hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  On May - 02 carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  On this day in history elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

1845  On this day in history domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On this day in history domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on May - 02.   

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.   

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)