Famous Deaths In March - 02

0855  On this day in history death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)  

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  On this day in history death of charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered  

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on March - 02.  

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

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

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

1589  On March - 02 death of alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)  

1619  On this day in history anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44  

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1729  Death of Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662) on March - 02.  

1755  On this day in history death of louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)  

1758  On March - 02 death of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78  

1772  On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73  

1787  On this day in history jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73  

1791  On March - 02 death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)  

1793  Death of Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist on March - 02.  

1797  Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on March - 02.  

1800  Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1822  Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1829  Death of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768) on this day in history.  

1830  Death of Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755) on March - 02.  

1835  Death of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) on this day in history.  

1840  On March - 02 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

1855  On March - 02 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58  

1862  On March - 02 frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40  

1865  On this day in history death of carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)  

1867  French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1868  Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 on March - 02.  

1880  On this day in history death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)  

1882  Louis Kufferath, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1887  August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 on March - 02.  

1895  On this day in history berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54  

1916  Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) was born on March - 02.  

1409  On this day in history birth of john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc  

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) was born on this day in history.  

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight was born on March - 02.  

1545  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar was born on March - 02.  

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

1578  On March - 02 birth of george Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)  

1705  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) was born on this day in history.