Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

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

1729  On this day in history catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96)   

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

1740  On May - 02 elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on this day in history.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua on May - 02.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1776  France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels on this day in history.   

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 May - 02 william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1808  On May - 02 uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid   

1810  On this day in history hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

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

1816  On May - 02 marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  On this day in history zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.   

1833  On this day in history czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs   

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

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 02 carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  On May - 02 elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

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

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

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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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  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.   

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

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.   

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

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.