On August 2, history records 43 notable events, 221 famous births and 103 deaths, spanning the years 461 to 1830.
Events on this day include: Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor. (461); Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later. (1274).
Notable people born on August 2 include Kyawswa of Pagan (1260), John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Theodor Zwinger (1533).
Notable figures who died on this day include Gnaeus Servilius Geminus (216), Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC) (216), Marcus Minucius Rufus (216).
Events on 2 August 43
See all →Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.
Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
Russian troops are defeated by forces of the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha in the Battle on Pyana River.
During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.