What is March 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[537]] &ndash; [[Siege of Rome]]: The [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]] army under King [[Vitiges]] begins the siege of the city. * [[871]] &ndash; [[Ethelred of Wessex]] defeats a [[Denmark|Danish]] invasion army at the [[Battle of Marton]]. * [[986]] &ndash; [[Louis V of France|Louis V]] becomes [[King]] of the [[France|Franks]]. * [[1127]] &ndash; Assassination of [[Charles I, Count of Flanders]]. * [[1444]] &ndash; [[Skanderbeg]] organizes a group of [[Albania]]n nobles to form the [[League of Lezhe]]. * [[1476]] &ndash; [[Burgundian Wars]]: The [[Old Swiss Confederacy]] hands [[Charles the Bold]], [[Duke of Burgundy]], a major defeat in the [[Battle of Grandson]] in the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]]. * [[1484]] &ndash; The College of Arms is formally incorporated by a Royal Charter, signed by King [[Richard III of England]]. * [[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]]'s fleet visits the [[Island of Mozambique]]. * [[1561]] &ndash; [[Mendoza]], [[Argentina]], is founded by Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Pedro del Castillo]]. * [[1657]] &ndash; Great [[Fire]] of Meireki: A fire in [[Edo]] (now [[Tokyo]]) kills 100,000 people and lasts three days. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patriot]] militia units arrest the Royal [[Governor]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[James Wright]], and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the [[Battle of Rice Boats]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; Long–distance [[communication]] speeds up with the unveiling of a [[semaphore]] [[machine]] in [[Paris]]. * [[1797]] &ndash; The [[Bank of England]] issues the first one–[[pound sterling|pound]] and two–[[pound sterling|pound]] notes. * [[1798]] &ndash; The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]] of [[Thurgau]] is created. * [[1807]] &ndash; [[United States Congress]] bans the [[import]]ation of more [[slave]]s into the country. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Argentine War of Independence]]: A royalist [[Naval fleet|fleet]] defeats a small [[flotilla]] of [[revolution]]ary sh