Famous Deaths In March - 05

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

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

1611  Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) on March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1695  Death of Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

1726  Death of 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   

1770  On March - 05 death of crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre   

1776  Death of Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) on March - 05.   

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

1795  On this day in history 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 March - 05.   

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

1853  On this day in history georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75   

1873  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on March - 05.   

1876  On March - 05 marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70   

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

1893  Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 on March - 05.   

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  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  Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67 on March - 05.   

1926  Death of Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841) 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  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  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 this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)