Historical Events In March - 02

0871  Battle at Marton Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.   

0871  On March - 02 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  Louis V becomes King of the Franks on March - 02.   

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

1121  On March - 02 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  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)   

1333  On this day in history 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  On March - 02 hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia   

1459  Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) on March - 02.   

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  Ludovico Spontoni, composer on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil   

1619  Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history the Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.   

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

1759  On March - 02 johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer   

1760  On March - 02 camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader   

1769  DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) on this day in history.   

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

1776  On this day in history americans begin shelling British troops in Boston   

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

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1316  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer   

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  Death of Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795) on this day in history.   

0986  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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