Historical Events In March - 02

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

0871  On March - 02 battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army  

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 March - 02.  

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

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

1122  On March - 02 floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies  

1127  On March - 02 assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.  

1127  On March - 02 charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered  

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

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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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1545  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar on March - 02.  

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  English king Charles I leaces house of commons on this day in history.  

1675  Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel on this day in history.  

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 March - 02.  

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

1759  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer  

1760  Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader on March - 02.  

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

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 March - 02.  

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

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

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  Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

0855  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1333  On this day in history wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies  

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

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