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  On this day in history albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1740  On this day in history elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

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

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

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  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer on this day in history.   

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

1772  On May - 02 novalis, writer   

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

1808  On May - 02 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 this day in history.   

1817  On May - 02 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer   

1818  On this day in history herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)   

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

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 May - 02.   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on May - 02.   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents on May - 02.   

1845  On May - 02 domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

1845  On May - 02 domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"   

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 May - 02.   

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)   

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 this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.   

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

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

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

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

1300  On May - 02 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 this day in history.