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  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1127  Death of Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on March - 02.  

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on March - 02.  

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

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  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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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  Death of Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78 on March - 02.  

1772  On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73  

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

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

1829  On this day in history death of josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)  

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

1835  Death of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768) on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

1862  On this day in history frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40  

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 March - 02.  

1916  On March - 02 elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar  

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer  

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

1705  On this day in history birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)