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

1576  On March - 05 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  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 March - 05.  

1625  On this day in history james I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58  

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

1695  On March - 05 death of henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)  

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

1732  On March - 05 joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82  

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

1776  On March - 05 death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)  

1778  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1827  Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 on March - 05.  

1829  Death of John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766) on this day in history.  

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

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

1873  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34 on March - 05.  

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 March - 05.  

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

1895  On March - 05 nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64  

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

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 March - 05.  

1919  Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67 on March - 05.  

1926  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)  

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

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

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.  

1585  On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)  

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)