What happend on 2nd January

01.01
03.01
1860

The discovery of the planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.

1859

Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette.

1818

British Institution of Civil Engineers formed.

1815

Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, Seaham, County Durham.

1793

Russia and Prussia partition Poland.

1788

Georgia becomes the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1757

The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.

1492

Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.