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January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year (364 in leap years ). Events [ edit] Pre-1600 [ edit] 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. [1]
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Congress publishes the Tory Act. Discover what happened on January 2 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
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Up to 1900
1. 366 – Many Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine, invading the Roman Empire. 2. 533 – Mercurius became Pope John II. He was the first pope to use a papal name. 3. 1492 – Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 4. 1757 – The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India. 5. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under command of George Washington hold back a British attack at the Battle of Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. 6. 1788 – Georgia becomes th...
1901 – 1950
1. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur, China. 2. 1907 – France officially separates church and state. 3. 1911 – Two people are killed in a gunfight in East London. 4. 1917 – The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. 5. 1920 – Under A. Mitchell Palmer, United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice agents launch raids against people with leftist and anarchist views, in 30 cities across 23 US States. 6. 1921 – The Spanish steamship...
1951 – 2000
1. 1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remon is assassinated. 2. 1955 – The lost Inca city of Paititi is re-discovered by Hans Ertl. 3. 1957 – San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchangesmerge. 4. 1959 – The Soviet Union launches the Luna 1spacecraft. 5. 1959 – CBS Radio cancels four soap operas: Backstage Wife, Our Gal Sunday, Road of Life, and This is Nora Drake. 6. 1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac. 7. 1967 – Ronald Reagan becomes...
Up to 1900
1. 869 – Emperor Yozei of Japan (d. 949) 2. 1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1521) 3. 1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693) 4. 1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676) 5. 1699 – Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1757) 6. 1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) 7. 1727 – James Wolfe, British general in French and Indian War (d. 1759) 8. 1752 – Philip Freneau, American poet (d. 1832) 9. 1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857) 10. 1822...
1901 – 1950
1. 1904 – Walter Heitler, German physicist (d. 1981) 2. 1904 – Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979) 3. 1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998) 4. 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian movie director and screenwriter (d. 1991) 5. 1908 – Lawrence Wetherby, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (d. 1994) 6. 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009) 7. 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998) 8. 1912 – Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (d. 1987) 9. 1913 – Anna Lee...
1951 – 1975
1. 1951 – Waldir Peres, Brazilian footballer (d. 2017) 2. 1952 – Indulis Emsis, biologist and politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia 3. 1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter 4. 1954 – Milovan Rajevac, Serbian footballer and coach 5. 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American politician 6. 1954 – Dawn Silva, singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) 7. 1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor 8. 1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter 9. 1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer 10. 1...
Up to 1900
1. 1512 – Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) 2. 1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (b. 1460) 3. 1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) 4. 1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (b. 1601) 5. 1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688) 6. 1850 – Manuel de la Pena y Pena, President of Mexico (b. 1789) 7. 1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795) 8. 1879 – Caleb Cushing, United States Attorney General (b. 1800) 9. 1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathem...
1901 – 2000
1. 1904 – James Longstreet, American Confederate general (b. 1821) 2. 1913 – Léon-Philippe Teisserenc, French meteorologist (b. 1855) 3. 1915 – Carl Goldmark, Hungarian composer (b. 1830) 4. 1917 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832) 5. 1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) 6. 1936 – Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania (b. 1862) 7. 1939 – Roman Tmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) 8. 1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-born pianist (b. 1898) 9. 1945 – Bertram Ramsay, British na...
From 2001
1. 2001 – William P. Rogers, United States Secretary of State (b. 1913) 2. 2002 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. 1958) 3. 2006 – Lidia Wysocka, Polish actress (b. 1916) 4. 2007 – Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911) 5. 2008 – Galyani Vadhana, Thai princess, sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (b. 1923) 6. 2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, British writer (b. 1925) 7. 2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926) 8. 2009 – Ryuzo Hiraki, Japane...
New Year's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland)Ancestry Day (Haiti)Berchtold's Day (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace)Jan 2, 2024 · 1941 World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. 1941 World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. 1942 German troops in Bardia, Libya surrender. 1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines.
From Britannica Book Of The Year. SHOW ANOTHER EVENT. On This Day In History - January 2: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
Jan 2, 2024 · Completion of the Reconquista. 1492 Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula. 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible 's march to Novgorod begins.
Jan 2, 2024 · Events. Birthdays. Deaths. 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, Emperor. 366 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. Reconquita Completed.
