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

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

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

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 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.