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  On March - 02 lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44  

1122  On March - 02 floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies  

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

1316  On this day in history death of marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)  

1333  On this day in history wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies  

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

1572  Death of Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on this day in history.  

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  Death of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675) on March - 02.  

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

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on March - 02.  

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

1791  Death of John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history death of carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist  

1797  On March - 02 horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79  

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

1822  On this day in history christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40  

1829  Death of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768) on March - 02.  

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  Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1855  Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 on March - 02.  

1862  Frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40 on March - 02.  

1865  Death of Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819) on March - 02.  

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 March - 02 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 this day in history.  

1895  Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54 on March - 02.  

1916  Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72 on March - 02.  

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

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

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

1481  On this day in history birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight  

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

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on March - 02.  

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on March - 02.  

1705  On March - 02 birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)