Historical Events In March - 02

0871  On this day in history battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army  

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  On March - 02 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 this day in history.  

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1459  On this day in history adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)  

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight on March - 02.  

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

1545  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar on this day in history.  

1555  On March - 02 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 March - 02.  

1629  On this day in history english king Charles I leaces house of commons  

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

1699  On this day in history 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  The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England on this day in history.  

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 March - 02.  

1759  On March - 02 johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer  

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

1769  On this day in history deWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)  

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history 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  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) was born on March - 02.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on March - 02.  

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

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

0986  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 02 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