2nd July anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1486
  • Italy
  • "Birth of Jacopo Sansovino, sculpture"
  • 1489
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Thomas Cranmer, 1st Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury" more
  • 1714
  • Austria
  • "Birth of Christoph Gluck, composer" more
  • 1877
  • Germany
  • "Birth or Hermann Hesse, noverlist"
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "Birth of Thurgood Marshall, the first black US Supreme Court Justice ."
• event
  • 1644
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Marston Moor, near York – Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists"
  • 1645
  • Battle of Alford
  • 1800
  • Great Britain
  • Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 1808
  • Canada
  • Canadian explorer Simon Fraser and his crew reached the Pacific Ocean having explored the full length of the Fraser River (This was instrumental in establishing Canada’s boundary).
  • 1819
  • Great Britain
  • Cotton Mills & Factory Act stated that no children under 9 to be employed - frequently ignored and reinforced in the 1833 Factory Act more
  • 1928
  • Great Britain
  • The Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. British women were granted the same voting rights as men and their voting age.
  • 1964
  • United States
  • US Civil Rights Act was signed into law
• Death
  • 1778
  • France
  • "Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher"
  • 1850
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister"
  • 1937
  • United States
  • "Death of Amelia Earhart, aviator" more
  • 1999
  • United States
  • "Death of Mario Puzo, American novelist and screenwriter (The Godfather)"