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  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  On March - 02 louis V becomes King of the Franks.   

0986  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on March - 02.   

1121  On this day in history dirk VI becomes count of Holland   

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

1127  On March - 02 assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On March - 02 vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island   

1545  On March - 02 thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar   

1555  On this day in history ludovico Spontoni, composer   

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  On this day in history english king Charles I leaces house of commons   

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 this day in history.   

1717  The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England on March - 02.   

1725  On March - 02 georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London   

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

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

1772  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 March - 02.   

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

1481  On March - 02 birth of franz von Sickingen, German knight   

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

1555  On March - 02 birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer   

1578  On March - 02 birth of george Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)   

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  Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 on March - 02.   

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

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   

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