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2 January| 2 January 1322 | France [administration] | King Philip V of France dies and is succeeded by his brother Charles IV. | | 2 January 1492 | Spain, Granada [wars] | Granada, the last Muslim city in Spain, surrenders, completing the Christian Reconquista (‘Reconquest’) and unifying Spain (apart from Navarre) under its besiegers of nine months, Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Aragon and Castile. | | 2 January 1861 | Prussia [political events] | King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by his brother Wilhelm I. | | 2 January 1896 | Transvaal [wars] | Leander Starr Jameson surrenders to Boer commandos at Doornkop, Transvaal, after his attempt to start an anti-Boer rising in Transvaal fails. | | 2 January 1920 | [births and deaths] | Isaac Asimov, US science fiction writer, born in Petrovichi, Russia (–1992). | | 2 January 1959 | Cuba [administration] | The Cuban 26 July Movement ignores the military junta and proclaims Dr Manuel Urratía provisional president. He announces a cabinet on 3 January, with Fidel Castro as prime minister (takes oath on 16 February). | | 2–9 January 1998 | Russia [chess] | The FIDE World Chess Championships are decided on a knockout basis for the first time, with reigning champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia winning the tournament. |
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