Page 2: Historical Events In October - 02

1700  On this day in history spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne   

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer on October - 02.   

1707  On October - 02 anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57   

1715  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30) on October - 02.   

1721  On October - 02 benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies   

1729  Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1737  On October - 02 franz Schneider, composer   

1746  On this day in history josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty   

1752  On October - 02 samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)   

1756  On October - 02 jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist   

1760  Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13] on October - 02.   

1764  William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on October - 02.   

1780  John Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history john Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)   

1786  On October - 02 august Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies   

1787  Maagden House opens in Amsterdam on October - 02.   

1788  On this day in history hMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions.   

1789  George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification on this day in history.   

1792  On October - 02 baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

1792  On October - 02 philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer   

1795  Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao on this day in history.   

1799  On October - 02 duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands   

1800  On October - 02 nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)   

1803  On October - 02 samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81   

1804  England mobilizes to protect against French invasion on October - 02.   

1809  Anton Emil Titl, composer on October - 02.   

1809  On this day in history wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59   

1817  Gunnar Wennerberg, composer on October - 02.   

1819  George Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 on October - 02.   

1821  On October - 02 alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) on October - 02.   

1823  Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20] on October - 02.   

1827  On October - 02 edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1832  On this day in history edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist   

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1452  On October - 02 birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On October - 02 birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on October - 02.   

1616  On this day in history birth of a Gryphius, writer   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On October - 02 birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on October - 02.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on October - 02.   

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  On this day in history bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies