Historical Events In March - 05

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

0363  On this day in history 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.   

1046  On this day in history 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  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1324  On March - 05 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

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

1461  On March - 05 henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses   

1496  On March - 05 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 this day in history smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

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

1574  On March - 05 philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  On March - 05 don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1579  Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1585  Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) on March - 05.   

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

1616  On March - 05 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index   

1623  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1623  1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia on this day in history.   

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

1637  On this day in history john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)   

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

1651  On this day in history south Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm   

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on this day in history.   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.   

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 March - 05.   

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

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

1743  On this day in history uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston   

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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  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

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

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)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

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

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.   

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  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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

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