02 February In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, February 02 is the day number 33 in a given year. February 02 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1207	Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, was established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
1536	An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquist adorPedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1556	About eight hundred and thirty thousand people died in the devastating earthquake in China's Shanxi province.
1626	Charles I became emperor of England.
1659	Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine .
1709	Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued by English captain Woodes Rogers and the crew of the Duke after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Juan Fernández. archipelago, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
1731	The opening of George Frederick Handel's opera "Poro" began in London.
1762	Thomas Arne's opera "ArtXerks" premiered in London.
1788	Pitts Regulatory Act was implemented for administrative reforms in the country.
1831	Pope Gregory XVI was elected as the 254th Pope in place of Pope Pius VII.
1844	UK scientist John Delton, who discovered the law of mixing different gases, died.
1848	The Mexican–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave 1.36 million square kilometres(530,000 sq mi) of Mexican territory known as the Mexican Cession tothe United States in exchange for US$15 million.
1878	Greece declares war with Turkey.
1889	Freedom fighter and social worker Princess Amrit Kaur was born.
1892	Johnny Briggs scored hat-trick England vs Australia.
1907	A Russian scientist named Dimitri Avenovich Mendliffe died at the age of 73 in St. Peterzburg. He made a systematic table of the chemical elements present on the earth.
1915	The well-known writer, poet and columnist Khushwant Singh of the country was born.
1920	The signing of the Treaty of Tartu ended the Estonian War ofIndependence, with Russia agreeing to recognize the independence of Estonia and renounce in perpetuity all rights to that territory.
1922	The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety afterthis material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized partsin the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature.
1934	The Export-Import Bank, the United States' official exportcredit agency, was established.
1943	World War II-The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
1944	The Germans won at the Battle of Sistarna.
1960	Chatursen Shastri, the great novelist of Hindi literature, died.
1967	The American Basketball Association was formed.
1971	The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran,Iran.
1974	The F-16 Fighting Falcon, one of the most popular jet fighters ever built, had its first flight.
1982	The Syrian army bombarded the town of Hama in order to quell arevolt by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing about 7,000–25,000 people.
1989	Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched in Europe.
1990	President F.W. de Klerk declared the end of apartheid in SouthAfrica.
1992	Kieren Perkins ,a well known swimmer made a world record for 1500m freestyle swimming in 14 :32 :40.
1993	Irina Privalara makes a new world record .This record was of running 50m indoor in just 6.05 seconds.
1995	“Moliere Comedies” opened at Criterion Theatre in New York City for 56 performances.
1996	Ali Lanry, at the age of 22 from Lousinia crowned to the 45th Miss USA.
1997	Marko’ Meara won the award for pebble beach national golf pro - am.
1998	All 104 on board were killed when the DC-9 at Philippine crashed apparently.
1999	Hugo Chávez Frias took over as Venezuelan President.
2004	Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men'ssingles player, a position he held for a record 237 weeks.
2004	Swiss tennis player Roger Federer set a record for the first consecutive ranking for 237 weeks.
2008	For the first time in the history of neighboring country Pakistan, the Sikh Marriage Act Ordinance came into force.
2009	The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalued the Zimbabwean dollar for the third and final time, making Z$1 trillionnow only Z$1 of the new currency.
2010	The World food programme reported that 4.3 million people were suffering from hunger in Sudan. This number has quadrupled since 2009.
2011	IAN Thorpe .an Australian swimmer announces his retirement .he says that he will come out of the retirement to complete in London Olympics in 2012.
2013	Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan directed a speech at Japan self defence forces which vows to defence the Senkaku Island.
2014	The Super bowl took place at Met life Stadium in east Rutherford at New Jersey, The sea hawks beat the devour broncos by 43-8 runs which was a historic win for the sea hawks ,who haven’t won a major championship in last 30 years.
962	Pope John XII crowned Otto the Great as Holy Roman Emperor, thefirst in nearly 40 years.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1862	Shambhunath Pandit became the first Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.
1880	The first electric street light wasb installed in Indiana.
1952	India won the first Test cricket in Madras.

Day/Observance	Level
World Wetlands Day	International Day
Rheumatoid Awareness Day	International Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1887	Amrit Kaur / Politician / India
1889	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur / Social Worker / India
1915	Khushwant Singh / Author / India
1916	Dasarath Deb / Politician / India
1923	Lalit Narayan Mishra / Politician / India

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