Famous Deaths In March - 05

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  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 March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

1611  On this day in history death of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)   

1622  Death of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

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

1644  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 death of crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre   

1776  On March - 05 death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)   

1778  Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1795  On March - 05 josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42   

1815  On this day in history death of franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)   

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

1829  Death of John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766) on this day in history.   

1849  On March - 05 death of david Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)   

1853  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on March - 05.   

1873  On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34   

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

1883  On this day in history death of marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969)   

1893  On this day in history hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64   

1895  Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64 on March - 05.   

1903  Death of George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854) on March - 05.   

1904  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 on March - 05.   

1907  On March - 05 death of friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)   

1919  On this day in history jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67   

1926  On March - 05 death of clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)   

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

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1585  On March - 05 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)