Events on 2 April 36
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Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
Year 1755
Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
Year 1863
American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
Year 1865
American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
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Birthdays on 2 April 208
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Charlemagne
b. 742 – d. 814
Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
Andronikos IV Palaiologos
b. 1348 – d. 1385
Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1348)
John Corvinus
b. 1473 – d. 1504
John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)
Elisabeth of Valois
b. 1545 – d. 1568
Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
Cornelis de Houtman
b. 1565 – d. 1599
Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b.1565)
Pietro Della Valle
b. 1586 – d. 1652
Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (d. 1652)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda
b. 1602 – d. 1665
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (d. 1665)
Jahanara Begum
b. 1614 – d. 1681
Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1681)
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
b. 1618 – d. 1663
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
Maria Sibylla Merian
b. 1647 – d. 1717
Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
Prince George of Denmark
b. 1653 – d. 1708
Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
Francesca Cuzzoni
b. 1696 – d. 1778
Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1778)
Deaths on 2 April 85
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Æbbe the Younger
d. 870
Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
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Muflih al-Turki
d. 872
Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
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Yuan Dezhao
d. 968 (b. 891)
Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891)
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
d. 1118
Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem (b. 1060s)
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Henrik Harpestræng
d. 1244
Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
d. 1272 (b. 1209)
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209)
Henry of Bohemia
d. 1335 (b. 1265)
Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
Ruy González de Clavijo
d. 1412
Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
Ferdinand I of Aragon
d. 1416 (b. 1379)
Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (b. 1379)
Arthur, Prince of Wales
d. 1502 (b. 1486)
Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)
Francis of Paola
d. 1507 (b. 1416)
Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe
d. 1511 (b. 1428)
Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (b. 1428)