Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.   

1576  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

1611  Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) on March - 05.   

1622  Death of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1625  James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 on March - 05.   

1644  On this day in history louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

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

1726  On March - 05 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 this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)   

1778  Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 on March - 05.   

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

1815  On this day in history death of franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)   

1827  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of david Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)   

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  On March - 05 marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70   

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  On March - 05 nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64   

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

1904  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 on March - 05.   

1907  Death of Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843) on this day in history.   

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  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

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

1574  On March - 05 birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

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 this day in history.