Historical Events In July - 02
Monday, 20 January 2025
0310 Pope Miltiades is elected on this day in history.
0311 On this day in history st Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0419 On July - 02 valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)
0626 On July - 02 in fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China.
0706 On this day in history in China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.
0783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.
0936 The German king Henry the Fowler dies at Memleben at age 60 after a 17-year reign in which he has created the Saxon army and founded Saxon town life on July - 02.
0936 Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on July - 02.
0963 On July - 02 the imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
1029 The birth of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) on this day in history.
1140 On July - 02 hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
1214 On July - 02 battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers)
1298 Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf & Albrecht I on this day in history.
1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on this day in history.
1489 On July - 02 thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr
1504 Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.
1555 On July - 02 turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
1561 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz on this day in history.
1566 On this day in history nostradamus French astrologer/physician/prophet, dies in Salon
1566 Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea on July - 02.
1578 On July - 02 martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.
1581 Johann Staden, composer on this day in history.
1582 Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide on July - 02.
1589 On July - 02 guillaume van Messaus, composer
1600 Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army on July - 02.
1613 On this day in history the first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall.
1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.
1621 Thomas Harriot, English astronomer on this day in history.
1636 On this day in history daniel Speer, composer
1644 On July - 02 battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
1644 On this day in history william Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
1644 On July - 02 battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
1644 Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar on July - 02.
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