July 2 Historical Events

The following events took place on July 2. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 437
  Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
• 626
  Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
• 706
  In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
• 963
  The imperial army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
• 1298
  The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 1494
  The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
• 1504
  Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
• 1555
  The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
• 1561
  Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
• 1582
  Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
• 1613
  The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
• 1644
  English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
• 1698
  Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
• 1776
  The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
• 1777
  Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.

• 1816
  The French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa.
• 1822
  Thirty-five slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
• 1823
  Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
• 1839
  Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
• 1839
  Abdülmecid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1853
  The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
• 1871
  Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• 1881
  Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
• 1890
  The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• 1897
  Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 1900
  The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 1900
  Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
• 1917
  The East St. Louis riots end.
• 1921
  World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany.
• 1934
  The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.