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April 2

April 2 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1725 and 2015. J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on April 2?

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1725 and 2015. Famous people born on April 2 include Émile Zola, Serge Gainsbourg and Keshorn Walcott.

The shape of the day

April 2's record stretches 290 years, from 1725 to 2015. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Aries is the sign for April 2 — read more on the Aries page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on April 2

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Xenonauts 2
  • Game Darwin's Paradox!
  • Movie Vaazha II

2025

  • Game Elroy and the Aliens
  • TV Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
  • TV The Beginning After the End

2024

  • Game Saviorless

2023

  • TV The Dangers in My Heart

2022

  • TV Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1725

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.

  2. 1800

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.

  3. 1863

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.

  4. 1911

    Australian Bureau of Statistics

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.

  5. 1986

    Alabama

    Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.

  6. 1992

    New York (state)

    In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

  7. 2002

    Israel

    Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.

  8. 2012

    2012 Oikos University shooting

    A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.

  9. 2015

    Garissa University College attack

    Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.

  10. 2015

    Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary

    Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 2

Émile Zola

b. 1840

French novelist, playwright, journalist

Serge Gainsbourg

b. 1928

French singer-songwriter, actor, and director

Keshorn Walcott

b. 1993

Trinidadian javelin thrower

Jack Brabham

b. 1926

Australian race car driver

Hans Christian Andersen

b. 1805

Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet

Roshan Seth

b. 1942

Indian-English actor

Deaths

  • 2015Manoel de Oliveira
  • 2005Pope John Paul II
  • 1995Hannes Alfvén
  • 1974Georges Pompidou
  • 1416Ferdinand I of Aragon
  • 1118Baldwin I of Jerusalem

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abundius of Como
  • —Christian feast day: Amphianus of Lycia
  • —Christian feast day: Æbbe the Younger
  • —Christian feast day: Bronach of Glen-Seichis (Irish martyrology)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Elisabetta Vendramini
  • —Christian feast day: Francis of Paola
  • —Christian feast day: Francisco Coll Guitart
  • —Christian feast day: Henry Budd (Anglican Church of Canada)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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