Historical Events In March - 05

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

0363  On March - 05 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.  

1046  On March - 05 naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.  

1179  On this day in history 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome  

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

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) on March - 05.  

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

1461  On March - 05 henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses  

1496  On this day in history english King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore  

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

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  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1574  On March - 05 william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)  

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1579  On March - 05 betuwe joins Union of Utrecht  

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

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.  

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

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

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

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

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

1644  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on March - 05.  

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

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on March - 05.  

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz  

1696  On this day in history giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)  

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

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on March - 05.  

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.  

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies  

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  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

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

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

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