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03/02/0871
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Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
Type: Event
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03/02/0986
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Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44
Type: Death
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03/02/1121
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Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
Type: Event
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03/02/1122
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Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies
Type: Death
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03/02/1127
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Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
Type: Death
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03/02/1316
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Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1333
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Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
Type: Death
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03/02/1383
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Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies
Type: Death
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03/02/1409
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John II, French duke of Alenon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc
Type: Birth
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03/02/1458
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Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
Type: Event
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03/02/1459
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Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1481
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Franz von Sickingen, German knight
Type: Birth
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03/02/1498
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Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
Type: Event
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03/02/1545
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Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar
Type: Birth
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03/02/1555
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Ludovico Spontoni, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1609
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Hadji Chalfa/Ktib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary (Djihannma)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1619
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Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
Type: Death
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03/02/1629
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English king Charles I leaces house of commons
Type: Event
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03/02/1675
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Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel
Type: Event
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03/02/1725
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Georg F Hndels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London
Type: Event
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03/02/1755
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Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1758
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Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker, buried at 78
Type: Death
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03/02/1759
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Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1760
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Camille Desmoulins, France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader
Type: Birth
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03/02/1769
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DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1772
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Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/02/1776
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Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
Type: Event
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03/02/1787
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Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/02/1789
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Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
Type: Event
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03/02/1793
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Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1797
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Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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03/02/1799
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Congress standardizes US weights and measures
Type: Event
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03/02/1800
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Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86
Type: Death
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03/02/1807
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Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
Type: Event
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03/02/1810
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Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope (1878-1903)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1813
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George Alexander Macfarren, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1815
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Antonio Buzzolla, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1817
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1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
Type: Event
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03/02/1817
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Jnos Arany, Hungary, epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1819
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US passed its 1st immigration law
Type: Event
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03/02/1819
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Territory of Arkansas organized
Type: Event
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03/02/1820
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Multatuli, writer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1822
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Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40
Type: Death
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03/02/1824
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Interstate commerce comes under federal control
Type: Event
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03/02/1824
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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1824
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Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian theorist [NS]
Type: Birth
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03/02/1824
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Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
Type: Birth
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03/02/1825
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1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
Type: Event
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03/02/1828
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Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General (Union Army), died in 1879
Type: Birth
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03/02/1829
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New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in US, incorporated, Boston
Type: Event
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