October 2

October 2 is the 275th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 276th in leap years), thus 90 days remain until the end of the year.

• 2.1 Before the 19th century
• 2.2 19th century
• 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
• 2.3.2 1951-2000

• 3.1 Before the 20th century
• 3.2 20th century
• 3.3 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• 0939: In Andernach the two rebellious dukes Eberhard of Franconia and Lorraine Giselbert find in a clash with followers of King Otto I. death.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

Society

Religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

Hans Thoma (* 1839)

Paul von Hindenburg (* 1847)

William Ramsay (* 1852)

Cordell Hull (* 1871)

Bartholomew Koßmann (* 1883)

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 20th century

• 0534: Amalasunta ostgotischer king in Italy
• 1225: Abu l - Abbas Ahmad ibn al -Nasir li - Mustadi Dini - llah, Arabian caliph
• 1264: Urban IV, originally from France Pope
• 1464: Henrik cold iron, Archbishop of Norway
• 1517: John Murmellius, Dutch educator, scholar, poet and humanist
• 1616: Ernst Blanchett Bach, German physicist and physician
• 1626: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Spanish diplomat
• 1629: Pierre de Bérulle, French theologian and cardinal
• 1637 Angelo Sala, an Italian physician, scientist and member of the Fruit -bearing Society
• 1686: Balthasar Bebel, German Lutheran theologian

Heinrich Klausing († 1775)

Samuel Adams († 1803)

Ernest Renan († 1892)

Eugen Langen († 1895)

20th century

Svante Arrhenius († 1927)

Thomas Lipton († 1931)

Hermann Pistor († 1951)

Alexander Möller († 1985)

Peter Brian Medawar († 1987)

21st Century

• 2001: Manny Albam, Dominican musician
• 2003: John Thomas Dunlop, American labor minister
• 2003: Otto Günsche, Hitler's last adjutant
• 2003: Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor and cabaret artist
• 2004: Bjørnar Andresen, Norwegian jazz musicians
• 2004: Roger Edgar Gillet, French painter
• 2004: Luděk Kopřiva, Czech actor
• 2005: August Wilson, American dramatist and playwright
• 2009: Marek Edelman, Polish cardiologist, politician and resistance fighter
• 2009: Nat Finkelstein, American photographer
• 2009: Rolf Rüssmann, German football player and manager
• 2010: Wolfgang Niescher, German handball player and physicians
• 2011: Peter Przygodda, German editor and film director
• 2012: Big Jim Sullivan, a British guitarist

Holidays and observances

• Religious observances Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian martyr ( Protestant)
• St. Leger of Autun, Frankish abbot and bishop, martyr and patron saint ( Roman Catholic)
• Guardian Angel Festival

• State Holidays and observances Guinea: independence from France (1958 )
• India: Gandhi Jayanti: Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

• Day
• Day in October