Historical Events In July - 02

0310  On this day in history pope Miltiades is elected.  

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

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

0626  On this day in history 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.  

0706  On July - 02 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.  

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.  

0936  On July - 02 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.  

1029  On July - 02 the birth of Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)  

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  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr on July - 02.  

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

1555  On July - 02 turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.  

1561  Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz on July - 02.  

1566  Nostradamus French astrologer/physician/prophet, dies in Salon on July - 02.  

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

1576  Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea on this day in history.  

1578  On this day in history martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.  

1581  Johann Staden, composer on this day in history.  

1582  Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide on this day in history.  

1589  On July - 02 guillaume van Messaus, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1621  Thomas Harriot, English astronomer on July - 02.  

1636  Daniel Speer, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1644  On this day in history battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists  

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

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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  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.  

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on July - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)  

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