Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

0363  On this day in history roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.   

1046  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama on March - 05.   

1179  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.   

1291  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.   

1324  On March - 05 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  On March - 05 louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1461  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on this day in history.   

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1528  Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 05 smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) on this day in history.   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history betuwe joins Union of Utrecht   

1585  Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) on March - 05.   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.   

1616  On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index   

1623  On this day in history american temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1623  On this day in history 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1625  On March - 05 james I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58   

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) on March - 05.   

1644  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on March - 05.   

1651  South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm on March - 05.   

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on this day in history.   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.   

1684  Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz on March - 05.   

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) on March - 05.   

1726  On March - 05 evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician   

1732  On March - 05 joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82   

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1743  US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston on this day in history.   

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.   

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.