Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

0363  On March - 05 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 this day in history.   

1179  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on March - 05.   

1291  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1324  On this day in history david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  On this day in history 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 March - 05.   

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on March - 05.   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker on this day in history.   

1528  On this day in history utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague   

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

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

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

1574  On March - 05 philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1579  On March - 05 betuwe joins Union of Utrecht   

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

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

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

1623  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1623  On March - 05 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1625  On this day in history james I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58   

1637  On March - 05 john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)   

1644  On this day in history louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

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

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on March - 05.   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.   

1684  On March - 05 emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz   

1696  On March - 05 giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)   

1726  On this day in history 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 March - 05.   

1743  On this day in history uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston   

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1133  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

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

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.   

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  On March - 05 birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

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

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

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

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