Historical Events In March - 05
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 On March - 05 naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1179 On March - 05 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) on March - 05.
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 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker on March - 05.
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 Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.
1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) on this day in history.
1574 Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.
1576 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.
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 March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
1616 On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1623 American temperance law enacted, Virginia on this day in history.
1623 On March - 05 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1625 James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 on March - 05.
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 March - 05 south Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on this day in history.
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.
1684 On this day in history emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
1696 On this day in history giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
1726 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician on this day in history.
1732 On this day in history joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on this day in history.
1743 On this day in history uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston
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