Historical Events In March - 05

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

0363  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 on March - 05.   

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

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

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

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

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 March - 05.   

1496  On this day in history english King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore   

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

1528  Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on March - 05.   

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

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

1579  Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on March - 05.   

1585  On this day in history johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1605  On March - 05 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 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 this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.   

1684  On this day in history emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz   

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

1726  Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82   

1733  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer   

1743  On March - 05 uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

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

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.   

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

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