Famous Deaths Happened In March - 05

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

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 March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On March - 05 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  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69   

1611  On March - 05 death of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)   

1622  On this day in history 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  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 05.   

1770  Death of Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre on this day in history.   

1776  Death of Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) on March - 05.   

1778  On March - 05 thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67   

1795  On March - 05 josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42   

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

1827  On this day in history alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82   

1829  On this day in history death of john Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)   

1849  On this day in history death of david Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)   

1853  On March - 05 georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75   

1873  On March - 05 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 this day in history 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  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1907  Death of Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843) on March - 05.   

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  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 March - 05.   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

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 March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)