This day in History - June 2

370 Historic Events for June 2
455 Event A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome
575 Event Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
657 Event St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
657 Death Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
1129 Event Fulco V's son Godfried marries king Henry I's daughter Mathildis
1504 Birth George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
1535 Birth Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
1564 Death Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies
1572 Death Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36
1575 Death Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
1577 Birth Giovanni Righi, composer
1597 Death Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
1614 Birth Benjamin Rogers, composer
1619 Event England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
1624 Birth Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1627 Event English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
1632 Death Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58
1633 Event Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
1639 Death Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
1676 Death John de Haen, vice-admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?
1676 Event Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet
1676 Death ... d'ybarra, Spanish (admiral?), dies in battle
1678 Death Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
1697 Event Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic