Historical Events In March - 02

0871  On March - 02 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  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  On March - 02 lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1316  Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) on March - 02.   

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

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

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

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

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

1481  Franz von Sickingen, German knight on March - 02.   

1498  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On March - 02 prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel   

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 March - 02.   

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 March - 02.   

1755  On this day in history antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer   

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

1759  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on this day in history.   

1760  Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader on March - 02.   

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

1772  On March - 02 robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73   

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

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 March - 02 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 March - 02.   

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

1578  George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history birth of william Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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