January 2
From Mw
- 2nd January 1492 (21st Safar 897) - Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
- 2nd January 1757 (10th Rabbi al-Thanni 1170) - The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.
[edit] Births
- 2nd January 1642 (30th Ramadhan 1051) - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693 CE (1104 AH))

