Historical Events In October - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1700 On October - 02 spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne
1704 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer on October - 02.
1707 On this day in history anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1715 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30) on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
1729 On October - 02 arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60
1737 Franz Schneider, composer on this day in history.
1746 Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty on this day in history.
1752 On October - 02 samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1756 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist on this day in history.
1760 On October - 02 russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin [NS=10/13]
1764 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day in history.
1780 On October - 02 john Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30
1780 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) on this day in history.
1786 August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies on October - 02.
1787 On October - 02 maagden House opens in Amsterdam
1788 HMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions on this day in history.
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 Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer on October - 02.
1795 On this day in history tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao
1799 On October - 02 duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands
1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831) on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
1804 England mobilizes to protect against French invasion on this day in history.
1809 On October - 02 anton Emil Titl, composer
1809 On this day in history wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
1817 Gunnar Wennerberg, composer on October - 02.
1819 On October - 02 george Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
1821 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1827 On October - 02 edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist on October - 02.
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