HistoryData

Historical Events on February 2

5 notable historical events happened on February 2 throughout history.

19 famous birthdays on February 2 — including Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, James Joyce, Abdullah I of Jordan

19th Century1 event

1848
war

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo — peace treaty that concludes Mexican-American War of 1846-1848

20th Century4 events

1920
politics

Treaty of Tartu — 1920 peace treaty between Estonia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

1959
general

Dyatlov Pass incident — unsolved deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union (now Russia) between 1 February and 2 February 1959

1971
politics

Ramsar Convention — international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands

1999
general

Bolivarian Revolution — political process in Venezuela led by the late Hugo Chávez