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What Happened on July 2, 1778

Famous Deaths

  • Bathsheba Spooner, American first woman executed after US Independence for arranging husband's murder, hanged while pregnant at 32
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, dies of cerebral bleeding from a stroke at 66
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About July 2, 1778

Calendar: Gregorian
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 246 years and 30 days
Leap Year: No

Star Sign: Cancer