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Events of the Day - 2 June

Can you identify these events, which occurred on 2 June in various years?
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455
Vandals begin to Sack this city
Rome
1098
The besiegement of this Seljuk-held city (now Turkey) by the Crusaders ends
Antioch
1537
This pope issues the bull 'Sublimis Deus', recognising the personhood of Native Americans and proclaiming that they should not be enslaved
Paul III
1572
Thomas Howard is executed for his role in a conspiracy aiming to replace Elizabeth Tudor with whom?
Mary Stuart
1611
Franco de Franco interrupts a Corpus Christi procession in which city in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, leading to his later execution?
Vilnius
1676
This country's forces are defeated in the naval Battle of Palermo
Dutch Republic
1763
Pontiac's War: Ojibwe outside Fort Michilimackinac play a game as a ruse - the predecessor of which modern sport?
Lacrosse
1780
Against a relaxation of anti-Catholic measures, these riots begin in London, titled after the head of the Protestant Association
Gordon Riots
1793
Deputies from this faction of the National Convention are arrested in France
Gironde
1805
Battle of Diamond Rock takes place near which French island territory?
Martinique
1848
The Slavic Congress begins in which city, then in Austria-Hungary?
Prague
1866
Battle of Ridgeway: Fenians raid across which river in North America?
Niagara
1878
Attempted assassination of this German is used to outlaw the Social Democratic Party
Wilhelm I
1882
Death of Italian general, best known for his role in Italian reunification
Giuseppe Garibaldi
1886
This US president marries, being the only one to marry in the White House
Grover Cleveland
1899
End of the besiegement of this city in the Philippines, lasting beyond the end of the Spanish-American War
Baler
1920
Battle of Boryspil: what country's forces defeat those of the Soviets?
Poland
1946
This country votes to become a Republic
Italy
2012
Former President of Egypt is sentenced to life imprisonment for allowing the killing of protesters
Hosni Mubarak
2014
Militants from which group carry out a massacre in Gwoza?
Boko Haram
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