February 2 in history
Events on February 2
Notable events that happened on February 2 in past years.
- 2025
Slovenian NBA player Luka Doncic is traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis in one of the largest trades in American sports history.
Wikipedia article: Slovenia - 2005
The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
Wikipedia article: Government of Canada - 1990
Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
Wikipedia article: Apartheid - 1982
Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
Wikipedia article: 1982 Hama massacre - 1966
Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.
Wikipedia article: Kashmir - 1942
The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
Wikipedia article: Osvald Group - 1922
Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
Wikipedia article: Ulysses (novel) - 1909
The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Paris Film Congress - 1887
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
Wikipedia article: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania - 1868
Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
Wikipedia article: Fall of Osaka Castle - 1797
The siege of Mantua ends after eight months when Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to Napoleon Bonaparte. The fall of Mantua secures French control over Northern Italy and marks the beginning of the conclusion of the Italian campaign of 1796-1797, and sets the stage for the end of the War of the First Coalition.
Wikipedia article: Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) - 1645
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: In Scotland, the Battle of Inverlochy results in a Royalist/Irish victory.
Wikipedia article: Wars of the Three Kingdoms - 1438
Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
Wikipedia article: Transylvanian peasant revolt - 1141
The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.
- 506
Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
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