Historical Events In March - 02

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

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 March - 02 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 this day in history.  

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

1127  Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders on March - 02.  

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

1316  On this day in history 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 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  On March - 02 adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)  

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

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 March - 02.  

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

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

1725  Georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London on this day in history.  

1755  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer on March - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1409  On March - 02 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 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 this day in history death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)  

0986  On March - 02 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  On March - 02 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  On this day in history amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

1572  Death of Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on this day in history.