Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.   

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 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 March - 05.   

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

1611  Death of Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) on this day in history.   

1622  Death of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569) on March - 05.   

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

1644  On March - 05 louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73   

1695  Death of Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

1726  Death of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician on this day in history.   

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history death of crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre   

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 this day in history.   

1795  Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1815  Death of Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734) on this day in history.   

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

1829  On March - 05 death of john Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)   

1849  On March - 05 death of david Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)   

1853  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34   

1876  On March - 05 marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70   

1883  Death of Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. 1969) on this day in history.   

1893  On March - 05 hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64   

1895  Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1903  Death of George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854) on March - 05.   

1904  On March - 05 alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71   

1907  On this day in history death of friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)   

1919  On March - 05 jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67   

1926  On March - 05 death of clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.   

1324  On March - 05 birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

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)