Historical Events In March - 02

0871  Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history louis V becomes King of the Franks.  

0986  On this day in history 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  On March - 02 charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered  

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 March - 02.  

1383  On this day in history amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies  

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

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  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  Ludovico Spontoni, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1699  On March - 02 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 becomes the first ballet performed in England on March - 02.  

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

1759  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on March - 02.  

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

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

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

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

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

1459  On this day in history 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  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 March - 02.  

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

1127  On March - 02 death of charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered  

1316  On this day in history death of marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)  

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

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

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