Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05

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

1291  On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

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 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   

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

1611  On March - 05 death of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)   

1622  Death of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569) on March - 05.   

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

1644  On March - 05 louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

1695  On March - 05 death of henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)   

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

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1770  Death of Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre on this day in history.   

1776  Death of Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67   

1795  On this day in history josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42   

1815  Death of Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734) on this day in history.   

1827  Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history death of john Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)   

1849  Death of David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1853  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1873  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1876  Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1883  Death of Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969) on this day in history.   

1893  On March - 05 hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64   

1895  On March - 05 nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64   

1903  Death of George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71   

1907  Death of Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843) on March - 05.   

1919  On March - 05 jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67   

1926  On this day in history death of clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)   

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

1324  On this day in history 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 March - 05.   

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

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

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

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)