Historical Events In March - 05

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

0363  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 on March - 05.   

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  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.   

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

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

1326  On this day in history 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  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on March - 05.   

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

1528  On this day in history utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague   

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

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

1579  On March - 05 betuwe joins Union of Utrecht   

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

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

1616  Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history american temperance law enacted, Virginia   

1623  On March - 05 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia   

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

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 March - 05.   

1651  On March - 05 south Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm   

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on March - 05.   

1668  On March - 05 francesco Gasparini, composer   

1684  On March - 05 emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz   

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) on March - 05.   

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

1732  On March - 05 joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82   

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

1324  On March - 05 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  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On this day in history 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   

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