Events & Holidays In March - 05

Arrival of First Missionaries (French Polynesia)

Customs Chiefs Day (Vanuatu)

Missionary Day (French Polynesia)

National Tree Planting Day (Iran)

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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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.