Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

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

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

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1622  On March - 05 death of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)   

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

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

1695  On this day in history death of henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)   

1726  On this day in history death of evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician   

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1770  Death of Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre on March - 05.   

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

1778  Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 on March - 05.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1904  On March - 05 alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71   

1907  On this day in history 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 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  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  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  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.