Famous Deaths In March - 02

0855  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on March - 02.  

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  On March - 02 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 this day in history wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies  

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on March - 02.  

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

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  Death of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675) on this day in history.  

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  On March - 02 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  Death of Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist on this day in history.  

1797  Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86  

1822  Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40 on March - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1865  On March - 02 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  On March - 02 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81  

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

1882  On March - 02 louis Kufferath, composer, dies at 70  

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

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

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

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

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