Page 4: Historical Events In October - 02

1873  On October - 02 pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official)   

1873  Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies on October - 02.   

1875  On October - 02 henry Fevrier, composer   

1878  Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist on October - 02.   

1879  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Musgrave Ritual" (BG) on October - 02.   

1879  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG) on October - 02.   

1879  Wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order) on October - 02.   

1880  George Alexander Russell, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On October - 02 fred Barlow, composer   

1885  Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark on October - 02.   

1886  On this day in history pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter   

1889  On October - 02 first Pan American conference (Washington DC)   

1889  1st Pan American conference (Washington DC) on October - 02.   

1890  Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) on this day in history.   

1891  H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard on this day in history.   

1893  Leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy) on October - 02.   

1895  On this day in history 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper   

1895  Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello) on this day in history.   

1896  On October - 02 fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]   

1899  Orange Free state mobilizes on October - 02.   

1900  Belg crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern on October - 02.   

1901  First submarine commissioned by the British Navy is launched from Barrow, north-west England on this day in history.   

1901  On October - 02 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow   

1901  Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

1904  The birth of Graham Greene, English novelist on this day in history.   

1904  Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62   

1906  On October - 02 tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1906  On October - 02 john Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature   

1907  On October - 02 phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants   

1907  Alexander Robertus, organic chemist on October - 02.   

1908  Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row on this day in history.   

1909  1st rugby match (Twickenham) on this day in history.   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on October - 02.   

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

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

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on October - 02.   

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 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 October - 02.   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on October - 02.   

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