Historical Events In March - 02

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

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

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  Louis V becomes King of the Franks on March - 02.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  On March - 02 vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 March - 02.  

1717  The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England on March - 02.  

1725  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1760  On March - 02 camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader  

1769  DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) on March - 02.  

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on March - 02.  

1776  On March - 02 americans begin shelling British troops in Boston  

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

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

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 this day in history 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  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on March - 02.  

1122  On March - 02 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  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  On March - 02 amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

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