What happend on 2nd July

01.07
03.07
1878

What will become the BMT Brighton Line opens in the City of Brooklyn (which merged with Manhattan and other counties to become the City of Greater New York in 1898)

1863

Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1853

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.

1850

The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.

1839

Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.

1819

The Factory Act is passed in Britain, creating restrictions on child labor.

1808

Simon Fraser reaches Pacific near New Westminster.

1777

Vermont becomes the first American state to abolish slavery.

1776

The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.

1679

Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi