Historical Events In July - 02

0310  Pope Miltiades is elected on July - 02.  

0311  On July - 02 st Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0419  Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55) on July - 02.  

0626  In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China on July - 02.  

0706  In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang on this day in history.  

0783  On this day in history bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies  

0936  On this day in history the German king Henry the Fowler dies at Memleben at age 60 after a 17-year reign in which he has created the Saxon army and founded Saxon town life  

0936  On this day in history henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies  

0963  On this day in history the imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.  

1140  On July - 02 hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht  

1214  Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers) on July - 02.  

1298  Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf & Albrecht I on July - 02.  

1298  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on July - 02.  

1489  On this day in history thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr  

1504  On July - 02 stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies  

1555  Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola on July - 02.  

1561  Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history nostradamus French astrologer/physician/prophet, dies in Salon  

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1576  On July - 02 muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea  

1578  Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island on this day in history.  

1581  On July - 02 johann Staden, composer  

1582  Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide on July - 02.  

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer on this day in history.  

1600  Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army on this day in history.  

1613  The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall on this day in history.  

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.  

1621  On July - 02 thomas Harriot, English astronomer  

1636  On July - 02 daniel Speer, composer  

1644  Battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists on this day in history.  

1644  On this day in history william Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24  

1644  Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists on July - 02.  

1644  Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar on this day in history.  

1644  William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on July - 02.  

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on this day in history.  

1262  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)  

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)  

1489  On this day in history birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr  

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer  

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer  

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.  

0783  On this day in history bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies  

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on July - 02.  

1298  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43  

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on July - 02.  

1566  On July - 02 nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62  

1582  On July - 02 death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on July - 02.  

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.