370 Historic Events for June 2
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| 1839 |
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Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
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| 1840 |
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Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
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| 1842 |
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Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
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| 1849 |
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Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme)
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| 1851 |
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1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
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| 1857 |
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James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
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| 1857 |
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Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
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| 1857 |
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Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp and Circumstance)
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| 1858 |
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Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
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| 1858 |
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Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
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| 1862 |
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Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
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| 1862 |
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Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA and NC
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| 1863 |
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Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
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| 1863 |
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Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
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| 1864 |
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Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
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| 1864 |
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George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
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| 1865 |
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At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
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| 1865 |
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George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
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| 1865 |
Death |
John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
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| 1866 |
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Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
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| 1869 |
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Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
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| 1873 |
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Fran‡ois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
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| 1873 |
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Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
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| 1875 |
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James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
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