Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies  

0363  Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death on this day in history.  

1046  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama on this day in history.  

1179  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on March - 05.  

1291  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.  

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

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

1461  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on this day in history.  

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on March - 05.  

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker on March - 05.  

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1528  Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on March - 05.  

1558  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on this day in history.  

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

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

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1576  On March - 05 don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70  

1579  Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on this day in history.  

1585  Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) on this day in history.  

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

1616  Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index on March - 05.  

1623  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia  

1623  1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia on March - 05.  

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

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) on March - 05.  

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

1651  South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm on this day in history.  

1658  On this day in history antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America  

1668  On March - 05 francesco Gasparini, composer  

1684  Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz on March - 05.  

1696  On March - 05 giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)  

1726  Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician on March - 05.  

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

1733  On March - 05 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer  

1743  On this day in history uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston  

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

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

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)  

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.  

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

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

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  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  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.