Famous Deaths In March - 05

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 March - 05.  

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41  

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

1611  On this day in history 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  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 March - 05 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 March - 05 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 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 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 this day in history 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  On March - 05 nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64  

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

1904  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.  

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.