Historical Events In March - 02

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

0871  On March - 02 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  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 March - 02.  

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

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1333  On this day in history wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies  

1383  Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)  

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight on this day in history.  

1498  On this day in history vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island  

1545  On March - 02 thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar  

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer on this day in history.  

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

1619  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on March - 02.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1758  On this day in history johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78  

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  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1776  Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar  

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on March - 02.  

1705  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) was born on March - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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