376 Historic Events for January 2
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| 17 |
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies
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| 69 |
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Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
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| 533 |
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John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 1235 |
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Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
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| 1492 |
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Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
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| 1570 |
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
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| 1585 |
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Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
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| 1602 |
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Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
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| 1602 |
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Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
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| 1642 |
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Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)
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| 1647 |
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Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)
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| 1678 |
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Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
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| 1699 |
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Osman III, sultan (Turkey)
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| 1726 |
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Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
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| 1727 |
Birth |
James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qu‚bec)
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| 1728 |
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Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
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| 1732 |
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Franz Xaver Brixi, composer
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| 1740 |
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Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
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| 1752 |
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Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
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| 1757 |
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British troops occupy Calcutta India
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| 1763 |
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John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
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| 1776 |
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1st revolutionary flag displayed
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| 1776 |
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Austria ends interregation torture
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| 1777 |
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Christian D Rauch, German sculptor
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| 1780 |
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Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
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