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Born on Wednesday January 2, 1602
- Guillaume Humphrey Falque, Bourbon, Lancy, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
- Rodrigo Ponce van Léon-Cabrera Hertog van Arcos († 1658)
- Anne (Anna) Cromwell, Hinchinbrook, Huntingdonshire, England († 1646)
- Thomas Hosmer, Hawkhurst, Kent, England († 1687)
- Lady Mary Weston († 1678)
- Thomas Twysden († 1683)
- Augustin van de Werve († 1647)
- Thomas DE LANNOY, Leiden Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands († 1681)
- August van Werve Heer van Hovorst († 1647)
- Rodrigo Ponce de León y Álvarez de Toledo († 1658)
Died on Wednesday January 2, 1602
- Johan van Rensselaer (71), Harderwijk, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Dorothy Adderly (32), Goostrey, Cheshire, England
- Jeanne de Odelant
- Catherine Delebecque (42), Roubaix, 59 (F)
- Anne de Clive (100), Denham, Suffolk, England
- Marie BERNARD (58), Parijs, Ville de Paris
- Matthie Tanner (38), Kington St Michael, Wiltshire, England
- Catherine De Le Becque (42), Halluin, Frankrijk
Born on January 2
- 1462 » Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter († 1522)
- 1509 » Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman († 1572)
- 1642 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan († 1693)
- 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
- 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
- 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
- 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
- 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
- 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
- 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
Died on January 2
- 1470 » Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1512 » Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
- 1514 » William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
- 1543 » Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
- 1557 » Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
- 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
- 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
- 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1602
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
- November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
- December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.