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  On October - 02 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

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  Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies on October - 02.   

1729  On this day in history arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60   

1737  On this day in history franz Schneider, composer   

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

1752  On this day in history 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  On October - 02 william Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom   

1780  John Andre British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold), dies at 30 on October - 02.   

1780  On October - 02 john Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)   

1786  On this day in history august Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies   

1787  Maagden House opens in Amsterdam on October - 02.   

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  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  Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1809  Anton Emil Titl, composer on this day in history.   

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

1817  On this day in history gunnar Wennerberg, composer   

1819  George Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1821  Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) on this day in history.   

1823  Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20] on this day in history.   

1827  Edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on this day in history.   

1832  On October - 02 edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist   

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

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

0939  On October - 02 death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on October - 02.   

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

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

1559  On this day in history death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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