What is February 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[962]] &ndash; Official founding day of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. * [[1032]] &ndash; [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor]] becomes [[Duke]] of [[Burgundy]]. * [[1207]] &ndash; [[Terra Mariana]], consisting of present–day [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], is created. * [[1411]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Lincoln]] takes place, at which King [[Stephen of England]] is defeated and captured by the allies of [[Empress Matilda]], presenting her with the unfulfilled opportunity to become the first reigning [[Queen]] of Medieval [[England]]. * [[1421]] &ndash; The [[Zhu Di Emperor]] [[Inauguration|inaugurates]] the [[Forbidden City]] as the centre of [[China]]'s [[government]]. * [[1461]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] in [[Herefordshire]]. * [[1536]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founds [[Buenos Aires]]. * [[1653]] &ndash; [[New Amsterdam]], future [[New York City]], is [[Incorporation|incorporated]]. * [[1709]] &ndash; [[Alexander Selkirk]] is rescued after being shipwrecked in the Juan Fernandez Islands in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Chile]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[US]] gains large territories at the end of the [[Mexican-American War]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[California Gold Rush]]: The first ship with [[China|Chinese]] immigrants arrives in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. * [[1868]] &ndash; Pro–[[Empire|Imperial]] forces capture [[Osaka]] [[Castle]] from the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and burn it to the ground. * [[1876]] &ndash; The [[National League of Professional Baseball Clubs]] of [[Major League Baseball]] is founded. * [[1887]] &ndash; In Punxsutawney, [[Pennsylvania]], the first American celebration of [[Groundhog Day]] takes place. * [[1899]] &ndash; The [[Australia]]n [[Premier]]s' [[Conference]] is held in [[Melbourne]], coming to the decision that the new national [[capital city]], [[Canberra]], between [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1901]] &ndash; [[Funeral]] of [[Queen Victoria]]. * [[1913]] &ndash; [[