Historical Events In March - 02

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

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

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 March - 02.   

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  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  Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders on March - 02.   

1127  On this day in history charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered   

1316  On this day in history robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)   

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

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

1409  On this day in history john II, French duke of Alencon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc   

1458  Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia on March - 02.   

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) on this day in history.   

1481  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, German knight   

1498  Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island on this day in history.   

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

1555  On March - 02 ludovico Spontoni, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 March - 02.   

1755  Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer on this day in history.   

1758  On March - 02 johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78   

1759  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer   

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

1769  DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) on March - 02.   

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

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

1787  On March - 02 jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73   

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

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

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  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on March - 02.   

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

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

1127  On this day in history 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.