401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 871 |
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Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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| 986 |
Death |
Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44
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| 1121 |
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Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
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| 1122 |
Death |
Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies
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| 1127 |
Death |
Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
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| 1316 |
Birth |
Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)
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| 1333 |
Death |
Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
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| 1383 |
Death |
Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies
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| 1409 |
Birth |
John II, French duke of Alen‡on/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc
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| 1458 |
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Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
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| 1459 |
Birth |
Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)
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| 1481 |
Birth |
Franz von Sickingen, German knight
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| 1498 |
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Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
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| 1545 |
Birth |
Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar
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| 1555 |
Birth |
Ludovico Spontoni, composer
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| 1609 |
Birth |
Hadji Chalfa/Kƒtib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary (Djihannma)
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| 1619 |
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Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
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| 1629 |
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English king Charles I leaces house of commons
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| 1675 |
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Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel
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| 1725 |
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Georg F H„ndels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London
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| 1755 |
Birth |
Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
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| 1758 |
Death |
Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
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| 1759 |
Birth |
Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
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| 1760 |
Birth |
Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader
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| 1769 |
Birth |
DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)
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