March 2nd, 1793

Born on March 2nd, 1793

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What happened on March 2nd?

March 2nd, 2014

The Oscar selfie, considered to be one of the most influential photographs of all time, was taken at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony.

March 2nd, 1970

The Rhodesian monarchy was abolished by the government of Rhodesia, which declared the internationally unrecognised country to be a republic.

March 2nd, 1969

The maiden flight of Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic jet, was conducted in Toulouse, France using a prototype aircraft with the registration F-WTSS.

March 2nd, 2017

A naming ceremony for the chemical elements moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson took place at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

March 2nd, 1995

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

March 2nd, 1978

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

March 2nd, 1965

The Sound of Music (poster pictured) was released in American theatres; it became the highest-grossing film until 1971.

March 2nd, 1962

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

March 2nd, 1949

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

March 2nd, 1943

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

March 2nd, 1901

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

March 2nd, 1877

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

March 2nd, 1865

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

March 2nd, 1859

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

March 2nd, 1836

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Same year
Born in 1793

47

George Green

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

*July 14th, 1793, Nottingham †May 31st, 1841, Nottingham

50

Casimir Delavigne

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

*April 4th, 1793, Le Havre †December 11th, 1843, Lyon

82

Ferdinand I of Austria

Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)

*April 19th, 1793, Vienna †June 29th, 1875, Prague

87

Friedrich Harkort

German industrialist (1793-1880)

*February 25th, 1793, Haus Harkorten †March 6th, 1880, Hombruch

83

Juan Manuel de Rosas

Argentine politician (1793-1877)

*March 30th, 1793, Buenos Aires †March 14th, 1877, Southampton

76

Jacob de Kempenaer

Dutch politician (1793-1870)

*July 6th, 1793, Amsterdam †February 12th, 1870, Arnhem

54

James Dunlop

Australian astronomer (1793–1848)

*October 31st, 1793, Scotland †September 22nd, 1848, New South Wales

69

Dost Mohammad Khan

First Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)

*December 23rd, 1793, Kandahar †June 9th, 1863, Herat

87

Michel Chasles

French mathematician (*1793 – †1880)

*November 15th, 1793, Épernon †December 18th, 1880, Paris

65

Agostino Codazzi

Italian scientist, geographer and cartographer (1793-1859)

*July 12th, 1793, Lugo †February 7th, 1859, Agustín Codazzi

60

Friedrich Traugott Friedemann

German educator and archivist (1793-1853)

*March 31st, 1793, Stolpen †May 2nd, 1853, Idstein

79

Karl Zell

German classical philologist (1793-1873)

*April 8th, 1793, Mannheim †January 24th, 1873, Freiburg im Breisgau

49

Karl Seydelmann

German actor (1793–1843)

*April 24th, 1793, Kłodzko †March 17th, 1843, Berlin

76

Karl Wilhelm Göttling

German classical philologist (1793–1869)

*January 19th, 1793, Jena †January 20th, 1869, Jena

73

Eugène Walckiers

French composer

*July 22nd, 1793, Avesnes-sur-Helpe †September 1st, 1866, Paris

60

Johannes Cornelis de Jonge

Dutch author

*May 9th, 1793, Zierikzee †June 12th, 1853, Rijswijk

64

Jean Claude Eugène Péclet

French physicist (1793-1857)

*February 10th, 1793, Besançon †December 6th, 1857, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

83

Nicolas Anne Théodule Changarnier

French general (1793-1877)

*April 26th, 1793, Autun †February 14th, 1877, Paris

72

Charles Lock Eastlake

English painter, gallery director, collector and writer (1793-1865)

*November 17th, 1793, Plymouth †December 24th, 1865, Pisa

64

Johann Langer

Austrian author

*April 7th, 1793, Vienna †January 29th, 1858, Vienna

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No: With 365 days 1793 is a normal year and no leap year.

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