Births on August 2

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

Born on August 2, 1702

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 2 August 1702 - d. Dessau, 2 December 1769), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and later regent of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was also a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall.Dietrich was the third son of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his morganatic wife Anna Louise Föhse.

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Events on 1702

19 Jul

Battle of Klissow
Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
10 Nov

Siege of St. Augustine (1702)
English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
30 Dec

Siege of St. Augustine (1702)
Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.