On This Day: February 2nd

Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.

Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.

An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia, with the epicenter near Camprodon. Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.

Byzantine Empress Anna convenes a synod to depose patriarch Joseph XIV in Constantinople. The same night, conspirators let in her rival John VI Kantakouzenos which ends the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347.

Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.

The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.

Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.

Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.

Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".