Historical Events In January - 02

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies  

0069  On this day in history roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor  

0366  On this day in history the Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.  

0533  John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on January - 02.  

1235  On this day in history emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names  

1492  Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) on January - 02.  

1514  On January - 02 william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1570  On January - 02 tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins  

1585  Spain &Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville on this day in history.  

1585  Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville on January - 02.  

1602  Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish  

1635  Cardinal Richelieu creates the Academie Francaise on January - 02.  

1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) on January - 02.  

1647  On January - 02 nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

1678  Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva" on this day in history.  

1699  On January - 02 osman III, sultan (Turkey)  

1726  On this day in history domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37  

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) on January - 02.  

1728  On January - 02 louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium  

1732  On January - 02 franz Xaver Brixi, composer  

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63  

1752  On this day in history philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)  

1757  On this day in history british troops occupy Calcutta India  

1759  In Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day on January - 02.  

1763  John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1776  Austria ends interrogation torture on this day in history.  

1776  First revolutionary flag displayed on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history 1st revolutionary flag displayed  

1777  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor on this day in history.  

1780  On January - 02 johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66  

1788  On January - 02 georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution  

1789  Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on January - 02.  

1790  Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna on this day in history.  

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)  

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.  

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)  

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)  

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on January - 02.  

1732  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer  

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies  

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)  

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.  

1557  On this day in history death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)  

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37  

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63