Historical Events on July 2

1258 naval battle of the War of Saint Sabas

1340 naval battle during the Hundred Years' War

1555 battle between the Mughal and Suri empires

1591 siege in the Eighty Years' War

Battle between the Dutch and the Spanish in the city of Nieuwpoort, now in Belgium

1644 battle of the First English Civil War

1652 battle in France

1667 battle towards the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War

1737 siege during the Austro-Russian- Turkish War

Battle of the War of the Austrian Succession fought on 2 July 1747

July 2, 1791 treaty between the U.S. government and the Cherokee tribes

1798 battle in Egypt

1817 battle in Misiones Province, Argentina.

Victorious battle of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849 (02 July 1849)

Assassination of James A. Garfield — 1881 murder of the 20th President of the United States

1950 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1950

1952 raid during the Korean War

Earthquake in Babol County, Iran

1961 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

Civil Rights Act of 1964 — landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law

1967 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1967

Simla Agreement — Diplomatic Agreement between India and Pakistan recognizing creation of Bangladesh

1972 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1972

Shooting carried out by the UVF near Antrim

Altercation at a 1991 rock concert in Missouri

Sivas massacre — massacre in Turkey

UEFA Euro 2000 Final — final game of the UEFA Euro 2000

2000 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000

Live 8 — benefit concerts held in 2005

2010 Kosovska Mitrovica attack

Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Earthquake that struck Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia in 2013

Communal riot in West Bengal in 2017