Historical Events In March - 02

0871  Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on March - 02.   

0871  On this day in history battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

0986  Lothair IV of the Franks dies March 2 at age 44 and is succeeded by his son, 19, who will reign briefly as Louis V (le Fainéant), embroiling the Carolingians with Adalberon, archbishop of Reims, and Hugh Capet on this day in history.   

0986  Louis V becomes King of the Franks on this day in history.   

0986  On this day in history lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44   

1121  On this day in history dirk VI becomes count of Holland   

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1127  Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders on March - 02.   

1127  On March - 02 charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered   

1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) on this day in history.   

1333  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies   

1409  John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc on March - 02.   

1458  On this day in history hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia   

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) on March - 02.   

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight on this day in history.   

1498  Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island on March - 02.   

1545  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar on this day in history.   

1555  On March - 02 ludovico Spontoni, composer   

1572  On March - 02 mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil   

1619  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on March - 02.   

1629  On this day in history english king Charles I leaces house of commons   

1675  On this day in history prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel   

1699  Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville 1661-1706 builds Fort Maurepas on the Gulf of Mexico; French control now extends all the way down the Mississippi River on this day in history.   

1717  On March - 02 the Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.   

1725  Georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London on March - 02.   

1755  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer on March - 02.   

1758  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78 on this day in history.   

1759  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on March - 02.   

1760  Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader on this day in history.   

1769  On March - 02 deWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)   

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1776  Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston on this day in history.   

1787  Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on March - 02.   

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1316  On this day in history birth of robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)   

1409  John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc was born on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history birth of adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)   

1481  On March - 02 birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight   

1545  On this day in history birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar   

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer   

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)   

0855  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on this day in history.   

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1127  Death of Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on this day in history.   

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on this day in history.   

1333  On March - 02 wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies   

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies   

1572  Death of Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on March - 02.