What happened on June 2

43 documented historical events happened on June 2, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Henry Hacking killed the Aboriginal Australian resistance fighter Pemulwuy after Philip Gidley King ordered that he be brought in dead or alive. On the same day, in another year: Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured the British-held Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique. 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 June 2, including Kathryn Tucker Windham, Frank G. Clement, Marcel Reich-Ranicki. 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.

113 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 2, including Pope Eugene I, Richilde of Provence, Peter I of Urgell. 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.

20 observances are celebrated on June 2 around the world: Children's Day (North Korea), Christian feast day: Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Alexander (martyr), Christian feast day: Elmo, Christian feast day: Felix of Nicosia, Christian feast day: Marcellinus and Peter. 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.