January 2nd (1797) was a Monday. It's the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days left to the end of the year.
January 2nd Holidays in History
» Public holidays in Haiti known as Ancestry Day (Haiti)
» Carnival named Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
» Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
» Basil of Caesarea named Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England)
» Defendens called Defendens of Thebes
» Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)
» Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (Lutheran Church)
» Macarius of Alexandria
» Seraphim of Sarov (repose)
» Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church (United States) named Episcopal Church)
» January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» The first day of the Riosucio, Caldas Carnival of Riosucio called Carnival of Riosucio, celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio, Caldas or Riosucio)
» The ninth Twelve Days of Christmas e.g day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
» The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, Culture of Mauritius Mauritius, Montenegro, Public holidays in New Zealand New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine):
» Public and Bank holidays in Scotland e.g Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 (Scotland)