Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) on this day in history.   

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on May - 02.   

1749  On May - 02 empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on May - 02.   

1754  On May - 02 vicente Martin y Soler, composer   

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist on this day in history.   

1772  Novalis, writer on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history france &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels   

1776  On this day in history france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels   

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

1780  On May - 02 william Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  On May - 02 henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid on May - 02.   

1810  On May - 02 hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

1810  Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

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

1818  On May - 02 herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55   

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  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on this day in history.   

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

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

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

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

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

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.   

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 May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)   

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)   

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

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

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)   

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