Historical Events In March - 02
Thursday, 24 April 2025
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 this day in history.
0986 On March - 02 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 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 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 March - 02 amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies
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 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 On March - 02 vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1545 Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar on this day in history.
1555 Ludovico Spontoni, composer on this day in history.
1572 Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil on this day in history.
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 On March - 02 prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel
1699 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1725 Georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London on this day in history.
1755 On March - 02 antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
1758 On this day in history johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
1759 On March - 02 johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
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 this day in history.
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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