Deaths on January 2

George Biddell Airy

Died on January 2, 1892

George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)

Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian.

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Events on 1892

28 May

Sierra Club
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
6 Jul

Homestead Strike
Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
7 Jul

Philippine Revolution
The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
8 Jul

Great Fire of 1892
St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
9 Aug

Telegraphy
Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

Deaths on January 2

George Biddell Airy

Died on January 2, 1892

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Sierra Club

Homestead Strike

Philippine Revolution

Great Fire of 1892

Telegraphy