WHAT HAPPENED ON 2. JUNE
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Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks (2. June 455)

The Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr took place in the context of the Fitna of al-Andalus resulting in a defeat for the Caliphate of Cordoba. (2. June 1010)

First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7. (2. June 1098)

The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. (2. June 1615)

Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo. (2. June 1676)

Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10. (2. June 1692)

Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort. (2. June 1763)

Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided. (2. June 1774)

French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror. (2. June 1793)

Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British. (2. June 1805)

P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States. (2. June 1835)

The Slavic congress in Prague begins. (2. June 1848)

The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine. (2. June 1855)

Fenian raids: the Fenians are victorious over Canadian forces in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie. (2. June 1866)

Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina (2. June 1876)

The U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. (2. June 1886)

Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention, the radio. (2. June 1896)

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (2. June 1909)

Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. (2. June 1910)

Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities. (2. June 1919)