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 this day in history floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1333  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.  

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

1572  Death of Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on March - 02.  

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

1619  On March - 02 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 this day in history.  

1755  Death of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675) on March - 02.  

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  Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on March - 02.  

1791  On this day in history death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)  

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

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

1800  Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86 on March - 02.  

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 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 March - 02.  

1840  Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1868  Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1880  On March - 02 death of sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)  

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  On March - 02 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 March - 02.  

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

1459  On March - 02 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 March - 02.  

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

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

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