📅 Today in HistoryJuly 2

Begin of the papacy of Pope Miltiades.

Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.

Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.

Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.

Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.

English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.

Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Alford.

American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.

Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.