Historical Events In March - 02
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
0871 Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army 

0871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army. 

0986 Louis V is recorded as becoming King of the Franks 

0986 Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44. 

1121 Dirk VI is recorded as becoming count of Holland 

1122 Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies 

1127 Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders. 

1127 Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered. 

1316 Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90). 

1333 Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies 

1383 Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies. 

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

1458 Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia 

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

1481 Franz von Sickingen, German knight. 

1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island. 

1545 Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar. 

1555 Ludovico Spontoni, composer. 

1572 Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil 

1619 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 

1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons. 

1675 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. 

1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus is recorded as becoming the inaugural ballet performed in England. 

1755 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer 

1758 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78. 

1759 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer. 

1760 Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader 

1769 DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) 

1772 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 

1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 

1787 Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73. 

1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances 

1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris. 

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