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  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama on this day in history.   

1179  On March - 05 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome   

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  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) on March - 05.   

1461  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1528  Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on March - 05.   

1558  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on March - 05.   

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

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

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   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1637  On March - 05 john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)   

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

1651  South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.   

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

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

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on March - 05.   

1743  On March - 05 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  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 March - 05.   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.   

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

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history 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)   

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

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  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.   

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  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 March - 05.