Famous Deaths In March - 02

0855  On March - 02 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  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 March - 02 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 March - 02.  

1589  Death of Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520) on March - 02.  

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

1729  Death of Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662) on this day in history.  

1755  On March - 02 death of louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)  

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

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  On this day in history death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)  

1793  Death of Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist on this day in history.  

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

1800  On March - 02 christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86  

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

1829  On March - 02 death of josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)  

1830  On this day in history death of samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)  

1835  On this day in history death of francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)  

1840  On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

1855  Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1862  Frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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 March - 02.  

1868  On March - 02 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81  

1880  Death of Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790) on March - 02.  

1882  Louis Kufferath, composer, dies at 70 on March - 02.  

1887  On March - 02 august W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47  

1895  On March - 02 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1545  On March - 02 birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar  

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

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

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