This day in History - July 2

392 Historic Events for July 2
311 Event St Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
419 Birth Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)
783 Death Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
936 Death Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies
1140 Event Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
1214 Event Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers)
1214 Event English king John begins siege around Lille France
1298 Event Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I
1298 Death Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43
1489 Birth Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr
1504 Death Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
1566 Death Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
1576 Event Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
1581 Birth Johann Staden, composer
1589 Birth Guillaume van Messaus, composer
1600 Event Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army
1619 Death Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
1636 Birth Daniel Speer, composer
1644 Birth Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar
1644 Event Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
1644 Death William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
1647 Birth Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs
1652 Birth Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)
1663 Death Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
1681 Event Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason