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  Dirk VI becomes count of Holland on this day in history.  

1122  On this day in history 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 this day in history robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)  

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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.  

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

1458  On this day in history 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  Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island on this day in history.  

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

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

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

1675  Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1769  On March - 02 deWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)  

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

1776  On this day in history americans begin shelling British troops in Boston  

1787  Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on March - 02.  

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

1409  John II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc was born on this day in history.  

1459  On this day in history birth of adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)  

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

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

1555  On March - 02 birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer  

1578  On this day in history birth of george Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)  

1705  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on March - 02.  

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 March - 02.  

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