On This Day: January 2nd

Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by Lenape and Wyandot warriors in the Ohio Country, North America.

Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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.

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.

Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.

Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.

Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica.

Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.

The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.