Daily History Challenge

Put These January 2 Events in Order

All four happened on January 2, in different years. Tap them from the oldest to the newest, then check your order. You have 3 tries.

1. World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R
2. The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president
3. Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy
4. Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered

Tap the oldest event first.