Historical Events In March - 02

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

0871  On this day in history 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 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 March - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1498  On March - 02 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  On March - 02 mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil  

1619  On this day in history anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44  

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

1675  Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel on March - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 March - 02.  

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

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

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

1776  On this day in history americans begin shelling British troops in Boston  

1787  On March - 02 jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73  

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1316  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1555  On this day in history birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer  

1578  On this day in history birth of george Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)  

1705  On March - 02 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  Death of Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on this day in history.  

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on this day in history.  

1333  On March - 02 wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies  

1383  On March - 02 amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

1572  On March - 02 death of mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil