Events on 2 January 33
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Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
Year 1492
Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
Year 1791
Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
Year 1860
The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
Year 1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River (a.k.a. Battle of Murfreesboro) resumes in central Tennessee after a day's respite, resulting in a significant Union victory.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 23
Birthdays on 2 January 194
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Emperor Yōzei
b. 869 – d. 949
Yōzei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)
Basilios Bessarion
b. 1403 – d. 1472
Basilios Bessarion, Greek cardinal and scholar (d. 1472)
Piero di Cosimo
b. 1462 – d. 1522
Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
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Henry of Stolberg
b. 1509 – d. 1572
Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572)
Mehmed IV
b. 1642 – d. 1693
Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)
b. 1647 – d. 1676
Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
Osman III
b. 1699 – d. 1757
Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
Marie Dumesnil
b. 1713 – d. 1803
Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
James Wolfe
b. 1727 – d. 1759
James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
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František Brixi
b. 1732 – d. 1771
František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
Christian Daniel Rauch
b. 1777 – d. 1857
Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
Rudolf Clausius
b. 1822 – d. 1888
Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
Deaths on 2 January 86
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Liu Chengyou
d. 951 (b. 931)
Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han
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Su Fengji
d. 951
Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor
William de St-Calais
d. 1096
William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
Bertrand de Blanchefort
d. 1169
Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)
Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria
d. 1184
Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos
Heinrich Reuß von Plauen
d. 1470
Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)
d. 1512 (b. 1460)
Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
William Smyth
d. 1514 (b. 1460)
William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
Francesco Canova da Milano
d. 1543 (b. 1497)
Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (d. 1543)
Pontormo
d. 1557 (b. 1494)
Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
Salima Sultan Begum
d. 1612 (b. 1539)
Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (d. 1612)
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Domenico Zipoli
d. 1726 (b. 1688)
Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)