Page 3: Historical Events In May - 02

1846  On this day in history zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1847  On May - 02 sabbath famine   

1849  On this day in history david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  On this day in history franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)   

1853  Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou) on May - 02.   

1855  On May - 02 theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer on May - 02.   

1857  On this day in history lC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies   

1859  On this day in history eugene D'Harcourt, composer   

1860  On May - 02 d'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)   

1862  Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine) on May - 02.   

1863  Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North on May - 02.   

1863  South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va on May - 02.   

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on May - 02.   

1865  President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on May - 02.   

1865  On this day in history pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis   

1866  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on May - 02.   

1869  On this day in history tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)   

1872  G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) on May - 02.   

1876  Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League on this day in history.   

1876  Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League on May - 02.   

1878  On this day in history uS stops minting 20¢ coin   

1878  On May - 02 uS stops minting 20 cent coin   

1881  Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William on May - 02.   

1884  Francois de Vries, Dutch economist on May - 02.   

1885  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published   

1885  Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium on May - 02.   

1885  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published   

1886  Gottfried Benn, writer on this day in history.   

1887  G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on May - 02.   

1887  On this day in history hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film   

1887  On May - 02 edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

1889  Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale on May - 02.   

1890  Territory of Oklahoma created on this day in history.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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 May - 02.   

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

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 May - 02.   

1695  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)