Famous Deaths In March - 02

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

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

1333  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on March - 02.  

1383  On March - 02 amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

1572  On this day in history death of mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil  

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  

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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 this day in history death of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78  

1772  On March - 02 robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73  

1787  Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1793  On March - 02 death of carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist  

1797  On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79  

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

1822  On March - 02 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 this day in history.  

1830  Death of Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755) on this day in history.  

1835  On March - 02 death of francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)  

1840  Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

1865  On March - 02 death of carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)  

1867  On this day in history french A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50  

1868  On this day in history carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81  

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

1882  On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer, dies at 70  

1887  On this day in history august W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47  

1895  Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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  On March - 02 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 this day in history.  

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)