Historical Events In March - 02

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

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

0986  On this day in history 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  

0986  Louis V becomes King of the Franks on this day in history.  

0986  On this day in history lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44  

1121  On this day in history dirk VI becomes count of Holland  

1122  On this day in history floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies  

1127  Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders on this day in history.  

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

1316  On March - 02 robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)  

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.  

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

1458  Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia on March - 02.  

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

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight on this day in history.  

1498  On this day in history vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island  

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

1555  On this day in history ludovico Spontoni, composer  

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

1619  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1629  On March - 02 english king Charles I leaces house of commons  

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

1699  On March - 02 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.  

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

1725  On March - 02 georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London  

1755  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer on this day in history.  

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

1759  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on this day in history.  

1760  On March - 02 camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader  

1769  DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) on this day in history.  

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on March - 02.  

1776  On March - 02 americans begin shelling British troops in Boston  

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

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1316  On this day in history birth of robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)  

1409  On this day in history birth of john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc  

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  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar was born on this day in history.  

1555  On March - 02 birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer  

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

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

0855  On March - 02 death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)  

0986  On this day in history lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44  

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

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 March - 02.  

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

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.