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The following events took place on March 2. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 60 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 537

  Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.
• 986

  Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
• 1121

  Dirk VI becomes the Count of Holland.
• 1127

  Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
• 1444

  Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
• 1458

  George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.
• 1476

  Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.
• 1484

  The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
• 1498

  Vasco da Gama’s fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
• 1561

  Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.
• 1657

  Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
• 1717

  The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
• 1791

  Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1797

  The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
• 1807

  The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
• 1808

  The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• 1811

  Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
• 1815

  Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
• 1825

  Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
• 1836

  Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
• 1855

  Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1865

  East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• 1867

  The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• 1877

  U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
• 1882

  Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
• 1885

  Sino-French War: French victory in the Battle of Hòa Mộc near Tuyên Quang, northern Vietnam.
• 1901

  The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• 1903

  In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• 1917

  The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

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