Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
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 Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history. 

1539 On this day in history 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. 

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

1622 On March - 05 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 March - 05. 

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 On this day in history joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 

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 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 on March - 05. 

1795 On this day in history josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42 

1815 Death of Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734) on March - 05. 

1827 On March - 05 alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 

1829 Death of John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766) on March - 05. 

1849 Death of David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806) on this day in history. 

1853 On this day in history georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 

1873 Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history. 

1876 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70 on March - 05. 

1883 On this day in history death of marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969) 

1893 On this day in history hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 

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

1903 Death of George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854) on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67 

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

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