Historical Events In March - 05

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

0363  On March - 05 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  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama on March - 05.   

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

1461  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on this day in history.   

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on this day in history.   

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

1528  Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 05 smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1574  On this day in history 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 March - 05.   

1579  On this day in history betuwe joins Union of Utrecht   

1585  On this day in history johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.   

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

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

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

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

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.   

1684  On March - 05 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 this day in history.   

1733  On March - 05 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer   

1743  US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston 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  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  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

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  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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   

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