Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

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

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

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) on March - 05.   

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

1558  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 05.   

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

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

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

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 March - 05.   

1625  On this day in history 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  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 March - 05 antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America   

1668  On this day in history 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 this day in history evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician   

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

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1743  US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston on March - 05.   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1563  On March - 05 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 March - 05.   

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

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

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 March - 05.   

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 March - 05 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.   

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