Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  The birth of Catherine The Great on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

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  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  On May - 02 vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist on May - 02.   

1772  Novalis, writer on this day in history.   

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

1776  On May - 02 france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on May - 02.   

1780  William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid   

1810  On May - 02 hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  On this day in history 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  On this day in history abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on May - 02.   

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

1833  On May - 02 czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

1835  On May - 02 hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast.   

1837  On May - 02 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on May - 02.   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents on this day in history.   

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on this day in history.   

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 May - 02.   

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

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

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on May - 02.