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Sep 02 1243

Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Hertford English politician (d. 1295)

Sep 02 1548

Vincenzo Scamozzi Italian architect (d. 1616)

Sep 02 1716

Johann Trier German composer born in Themar Thuringia

Sep 02 1731

Johann F von Cronegk German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)

Sep 02 1750

Pehr Frigel Swedish composer born in Kalmar (d. 1842)

Sep 02 1753

Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy queen of France (d. 1810)

Sep 02 1763

Caroline von Schelling [Michaelis] German author

Sep 02 1805

Esteban Echeverra Argentine writer (d. 1851)

Sep 02 1810

William Seymour Tyler American educator and historian (d. 1897)

Sep 02 1830

William P. Frye American politician (d. 1911)

Sep 02 1837

James Harrison Wilson American topographic engineer and Major General (Union Army) born in Shawneetown Illinois (d. 1925)

Sep 02 1838

Liliuokalani [Lydia Kamakaeha] last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) born in Honolulu Oahu Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1917)

Sep 02 1839

Henry George land reformerwriter (Progress & Poverty)

Sep 02 1847

Roger Wolcott 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)

Sep 02 1850

Albert Spalding American baseball player founder of Spalding sports company born in Byron Illinois (d. 1915)

Sep 02 1850

Eugene Field authorjournalist (Little Boy Blue)

Sep 02 1852

Paul Bourget French novelist and critic (d. 1935)

Sep 02 1853

Wilhelm Ostwald German physical chemist (Nobel 1909)

Sep 02 1854

Hans Jger Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)

Sep 02 1856

Yang Hsiu-ching commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion

Sep 02 1862

Franjo Krema Croatian violinist (d. 1881)

Sep 02 1866

Hiram Johnson Progressive politician US Senator Governor of California (1911-17) born in Sacramento California (d. 1945)

Sep 02 1870

Archduchess Luise of Austria Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)

Sep 02 1878

Werner von Blomberg German minister of Reichswehr

Sep 02 1879

An Jung-geun Korean nationalist and assassin of It Hirobumi (d. 1910)

Sep 02 1883

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria The Red Archduchess (d. 1963)

Sep 02 1884

Frank Laubach Benton Pa educator taught reading through phonetics

Sep 02 1894

Joseph Roth Austrian journalistwriter (Hotel Savoy)

Sep 02 1899

Hans Nielsen Danish lightweight and featherweight boxer (Olympic gold 1924)

Sep 02 1901

Andreas Embirikos Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)

Sep 02 1901

Adolph Rupp American college basketball coach (d. 1977)

Sep 02 1906

Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen] American actress (Sleeping Beauty Follow the Leader) born in NYC New York (d. 1974)

Sep 02 1911

Eileen Way British actress (Les Miserables Rainbow Vikings Assassin) born in Surrey England (d. 1994)

Sep 02 1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo San Salvador vs Mexico

Sep 02 1537 King Christian III publishes Ordinance on the Danish Church

Sep 02 1644 Robert Devereuxs Parliamentarian infantry surrenders to Royalist forces in Battle of Lostwithiel Cornwall during English Civil War

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