Historical Events In July - 02

0310  Pope Miltiades is elected on this day in history.  

0311  St Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0419  On this day in history valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)  

0626  On July - 02 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  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 on July - 02.  

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

0963  On July - 02 the imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.  

1140  Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.  

1214  Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1576  On this day in history muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea  

1578  Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island on July - 02.  

1581  On July - 02 johann Staden, composer  

1582  On July - 02 battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.  

1589  On July - 02 guillaume van Messaus, composer  

1600  On July - 02 battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army  

1613  The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall on July - 02.  

1619  On July - 02 olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies  

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 July - 02.  

1644  On July - 02 william Gascoigne introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24  

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

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

1644  On July - 02 william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24  

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.  

1262  On July - 02 birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)  

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

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

1492  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)  

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.  

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

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

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

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

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

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.  

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

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)  

1619  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies