Historical Events In March - 02

0871  Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on March - 02.  

0871  On this day in history 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  On this day in history louis V becomes King of the Franks.  

0986  On March - 02 lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44  

1121  Dirk VI becomes count of Holland on March - 02.  

1122  Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies on March - 02.  

1127  On this day in history assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.  

1127  Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on March - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1458  Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia on this day in history.  

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

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

1555  On this day in history ludovico Spontoni, composer  

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

1619  On March - 02 anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44  

1629  On March - 02 english king Charles I leaces house of commons  

1675  On this day in history prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel  

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  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer  

1758  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78 on March - 02.  

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

1760  Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader on this day in history.  

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

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

1776  Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston on this day in history.  

1787  Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1545  Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar was born on this day in history.  

1555  Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on March - 02.  

1578  On March - 02 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 March - 02.  

0855  On March - 02 death of lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)  

0986  On this day in history lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44  

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

1127  Death of Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered on March - 02.  

1316  Death of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296) on this day in history.  

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.  

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