Historical Events In May - 02

1846  On May - 02 zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1847  Sabbath famine on May - 02.   

1849  On May - 02 david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  On May - 02 franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC)   

1853  On this day in history marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)   

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.   

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  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) on this day in history.   

1862  Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine) on this day in history.   

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

1863  On May - 02 south defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va   

1864  On May - 02 giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72   

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

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

1866  On this day in history peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.   

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 this day in history.   

1876  On May - 02 ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League   

1876  On this day in history ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League   

1878  US stops minting 20¢ coin on May - 02.   

1878  On May - 02 uS stops minting 20 cent coin   

1881  On May - 02 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.   

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

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

1885  On this day in history congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium   

1885  "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published on May - 02.   

1886  Gottfried Benn, writer on this day in history.   

1887  G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on this day in history.   

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

1887  On this day in history edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

1889  On May - 02 abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale   

1890  On this day in history territory of Oklahoma created   

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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 May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

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

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

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.   

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.   

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

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)