Historical Events In March - 05

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

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 March - 05.   

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

1291  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1324  On this day in history 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  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on March - 05.   

1496  On this day in history 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  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on this day in history.   

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

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  Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on March - 05.   

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

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 March - 05.   

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

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

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  On March - 05 louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

1651  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 francesco Gasparini, composer   

1684  Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz on March - 05.   

1696  On March - 05 giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)   

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

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 March - 05.   

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

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

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

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

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

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

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

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

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 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.