Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1729  On this day in history the birth of Catherine The Great   

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

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 this day in history.   

1750  On May - 02 carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua   

1752  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer on May - 02.   

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

1772  Novalis, writer on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 02 france &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels   

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

1779  On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

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

1780  On May - 02 william Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris   

1799  On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

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

1810  On this day in history hans Christian Lumbye, composer   

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

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 May - 02 abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908   

1824  On May - 02 goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)   

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

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

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  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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

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  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.   

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

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

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)