What is January 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[366]] &ndash; Many [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine River|Rhine]], invading the [[Roman Empire]]. * [[533]] &ndash; Mercurius became [[Pope John II]]. He was the first pope to use a [[papal name]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders. * [[1757]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]]. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: American forces under command of [[George Washington]] hold back a British attack at the [[Battle of Assunpink Creek]] near [[Trenton, New Jersey]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] becomes the 4th state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]]. * [[1815]] &ndash; [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]]. * [[1818]] &ndash; British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''. * [[1860]] &ndash; The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (hypothetical planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Académie des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. People later realized that this [[planet]] does not exist. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Stones River]], which started on [[December 31]], [[1862]], ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory. * [[1870]] &ndash; Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins. * [[1871]] &ndash; [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; [[Brigham Young]] is arrested for [[polygamy|bigamy]] (25 wives). * [[1879]] &ndash; [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]]. It happens on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]]. * [[1882]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[:wikt:trust|trust]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; [[Alice Sanger]] becomes