January 2

[refresh] Day of the yearJanuary 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year (364 in leap years). Eventsedit Pre-1600edit 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. 1444 – Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica. 1492 – Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1601–1900edit 1680 – Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya. 1776 – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria amends the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana to include the abolition of torture throughout the Habsburg-ruled countries of Austria and Bohemia. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of General George Washington repulse a British attack led by General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.