Historical Events In January - 02

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

0069  Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor on January - 02.   

0366  The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire on January - 02.   

0533  John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

1235  On January - 02 emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names   

1492  On January - 02 spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)   

1514  William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1570  Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history spain &Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville   

1585  On January - 02 spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville   

1602  Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale on January - 02.   

1602  Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish on January - 02.   

1635  On January - 02 cardinal Richelieu creates the Academie Francaise   

1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) on January - 02.   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) on January - 02.   

1678  Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva" on January - 02.   

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

1727  On this day in history james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium on January - 02.   

1732  On January - 02 franz Xaver Brixi, composer   

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63   

1752  Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village) on January - 02.   

1757  British troops occupy Calcutta India on January - 02.   

1759  On January - 02 in Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day.   

1763  On this day in history john Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72   

1776  Austria ends interrogation torture on January - 02.   

1776  On this day in history first revolutionary flag displayed   

1776  1st revolutionary flag displayed on January - 02.   

1777  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor on January - 02.   

1780  On January - 02 johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66   

1788  Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

1789  Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on January - 02.   

1790  On January - 02 mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on January - 02.   

1699  On January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on January - 02.   

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on January - 02.   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1557  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.