Historical Events In March - 02

0871  Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on March - 02.   

0871  Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

0986  Lothair IV of the Franks dies March 2 at age 44 and is succeeded by his son, 19, who will reign briefly as Louis V (le Fainéant), embroiling the Carolingians with Adalberon, archbishop of Reims, and Hugh Capet on this day in history.   

0986  On this day in history louis V becomes King of the Franks.   

0986  On March - 02 lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44   

1121  Dirk VI becomes count of Holland on March - 02.   

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on March - 02.   

1127  On this day in history assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.   

1127  Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on this day in history.   

1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) on this day in history.   

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

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1409  John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc on this day in history.   

1458  On this day in history hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia   

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) on March - 02.   

1481  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, German knight   

1498  Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island on this day in history.   

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

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer on this day in history.   

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

1619  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on March - 02.   

1629  English king Charles I leaces house of commons on March - 02.   

1675  On this day in history prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel   

1699  Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville 1661-1706 builds Fort Maurepas on the Gulf of Mexico; French control now extends all the way down the Mississippi River on March - 02.   

1717  The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England on this day in history.   

1725  Georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London on March - 02.   

1755  On March - 02 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer   

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

1759  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on March - 02.   

1760  On this day in history camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader   

1769  On March - 02 deWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)   

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

1776  Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston on March - 02.   

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

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on March - 02.   

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  On March - 02 death of marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)   

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  On March - 02 death of mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil