Events on 2 May 52
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Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
Year 1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
Year 1611
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Year 1670
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
Year 1808
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 5
Birthdays on 2 May 212
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Yongle Emperor
b. 1360 – d. 1424
Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360)
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
b. 1402 – d. 1445
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445)
René II, Duke of Lorraine
b. 1451 – d. 1508
René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
Eleanor of Viseu
b. 1458 – d. 1525
Eleanor of Viseu (d. 1525)
Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
b. 1476 – d. 1536
Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (d. 1536)
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Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
b. 1533 – d. 1596
Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1596)
William Camden
b. 1551 – d. 1623
William Camden, English historian and topographer (d. 1623)
Sebald de Weert
b. 1567 – d. 1603
Sebald de Weert, Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (d. 1603)
Tokugawa Hidetada
b. 1579 – d. 1632
Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shogun (d. 1632)
Athanasius Kircher
b. 1601 – d. 1680
Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (d. 1680)
Alessandro Scarlatti
b. 1660 – d. 1725
Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni
b. 1695 – d. 1766
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect (d. 1766)
Deaths on 2 May 96
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Athanasius of Alexandria
d. 373 (b. 298)
Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298)
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Marutha of Tikrit
d. 649 (b. 565)
Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565)
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Liu Zong
d. 821
Liu Zong, general of the Tang Dynasty
Boris I of Bulgaria
d. 907
Boris I of Bulgaria
Leo I, King of Armenia
d. 1219 (b. 1150)
Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150)
William de Braose (died 1230)
d. 1230 (b. 1197)
William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197)
Meir of Rothenburg
d. 1293
Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c.1215)
Blanche of Artois
d. 1300 (b. 1248)
Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
d. 1450 (b. 1396)
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (b. 1396)
Leonardo da Vinci
d. 1519 (b. 1452)
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
d. 1564 (b. 1500)
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500)
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Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
d. 1627 (b. 1560)
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)