What is June 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[455]] &ndash; Sack of [[Rome]]: Vandals enter [[Rome]] and plunder the [[city]] for two [[week]]s. * [[1098]] &ndash; [[First Crusade]]: At the end of a siege, [[Crusade]] forces take [[Antioch]]. * [[1676]] &ndash; [[Franco-Dutch War]]: [[France]] ensures the dominance of its [[Navy|naval]] fleet for the remainder of the war, with victory at the [[Battle of Palermo]] * [[1692]] &ndash; [[Bridget Bishop]] becomes the first person to go on [[trial]] in the [[Salem witch trials]] in [[Massachusetts]]. She is found guilty and executed on [[June 10]]. * [[1763]] &ndash; [[Pontiac]]'s Rebellion: In present–day [[Michigan]], [[Chippewa]]s capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the [[garrison]]'s attention with a game of [[Lacrosse]], then chasing the [[ball]] into a [[fort]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[François Hanriot]], leader of the [[Paris]]ian National [[Guard]], arrests 22 [[Girondists]] selected by [[Jean-Paul Marat]]. * [[1805]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: A French–Spanish [[Naval fleet|fleet]] recaptures Diamond Riot, an uninhabited [[island]] at the entrance to the [[bay]] leading to Fort–de–France, from the British. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[P. T. Barnum]]'s circus starts touring the [[United States]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The Slavic [[Congress]] in [[Prague]] begins. * [[1855]] &ndash; The Rum Riot occurs in [[Portland, Maine]]. * [[1858]] &ndash; [[Comet]] C/1858 L1 is discovered by Italian [[astronomer]] [[Giambattista Donati]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; The [[Ionian Islands]], previously a British protectorate, are given to [[Greece]]. * [[1876]] &ndash; Bulgarian revolutionary [[Hristo Botev]] is killed. * [[1886]] &ndash; [[Grover Cleveland]] marries [[Frances Folsom Cleveland|Frances Folsom]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; [[Guglielmo Marconi]] applies for a [[patent]] for the [[radio]]. * [[1909]] &ndash; [[Alfred Deakin]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] for a third time. * [[1910]] &ndash; [[Charles Rolls]] becomes the first person to mak