Famous Deaths In March - 05

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

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

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1611  On this day in history death of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)   

1622  On this day in history death of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)   

1625  James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1644  On March - 05 louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

1695  Death of Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664) on March - 05.   

1726  On this day in history death of evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician   

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

1770  Death of Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre on March - 05.   

1776  Death of Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) on March - 05.   

1778  On March - 05 thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67   

1795  Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42 on March - 05.   

1815  On March - 05 death of franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)   

1827  Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1829  On this day in history death of john Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)   

1849  On this day in history death of david Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)   

1853  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on March - 05.   

1873  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on March - 05.   

1876  On this day in history marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70   

1883  On March - 05 death of marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969)   

1893  Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 on March - 05.   

1895  Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64 on March - 05.   

1903  On March - 05 death of george Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)   

1904  On this day in history alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71   

1907  Death of Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843) on March - 05.   

1919  Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67 on March - 05.   

1926  Death of Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841) on March - 05.   

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

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

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

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 March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.