What happened on July 2

31 documented historical events happened on July 2, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Li Shimin (pictured) led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of Tang China. On the same day, in another year: The bodies of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian were interred in the Qianling Mausoleum. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on July 2, including Arp Schnitger, Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal), Christoph Willibald Gluck. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

96 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 2, including Li Jing (Tang dynasty), Swithun, Robert the Strong. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

13 observances are celebrated on July 2 around the world: Christian feast day: Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church), Christian feast day: Bernardino Realino, Christian feast day: Blessed Eugénie Joubert, Christian feast day: Feast of the Visitation (Anglicanism; Levoča at Mariánska hora), Christian feast day: Monegundis, Christian feast day: Oudoceus. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.