Births on January 2

Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)

Born on January 2, 1647

Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)

Nathaniel Dee Bacon (January 2, 1647 – October 26, 1676) was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery.

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Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)

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Events on 1647

14 Mar

Truce of Ulm (1647)
Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
11 May

Dutch colonization of the Americas
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
8 Aug

Battle of Dungan's Hill
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.

Births on January 2

Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)

Born on January 2, 1647

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Events on 1647

Truce of Ulm (1647)

Dutch colonization of the Americas

Battle of Dungan's Hill