439 Historic Events for August 2
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| 1665 |
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French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers
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| 1696 |
Birth |
Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria and Russia
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| 1704 |
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Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim
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| 1718 |
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Austrian joins Triple Alliance
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| 1723 |
Birth |
Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
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| 1738 |
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France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey
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| 1746 |
Birth |
Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
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| 1754 |
Birth |
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Jose Angel Lamas, composer
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| 1776 |
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Formal signing of Declaration of Independence
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| 1782 |
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George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction
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| 1786 |
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Utrechtse Vroedschap flees
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| 1787 |
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Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
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| 1788 |
Death |
Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
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| 1791 |
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Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine
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| 1792 |
Death |
Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60
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| 1798 |
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British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile
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| 1799 |
Death |
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54
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| 1802 |
Birth |
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
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| 1802 |
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Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life"
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| 1811 |
Death |
William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
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| 1818 |
Birth |
[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
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| 1819 |
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1st parachute jump in US
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| 1826 |
Birth |
William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
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| 1827 |
Death |
James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57
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