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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1409  On March - 02 john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc  

1458  On March - 02 hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia  

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

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 this day in history ludovico Spontoni, composer  

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

1619  On March - 02 anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44  

1629  English king Charles I leaces house of commons on this day in history.  

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

1755  On March - 02 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer  

1758  On March - 02 johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78  

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

1760  On this day in history camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader  

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

1772  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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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 March - 02 birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight  

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

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

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

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

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  On March - 02 death of marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)  

1333  Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies on March - 02.  

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on March - 02.  

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