Historical Events In March - 05
Saturday, 24 May 2025
0254 Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.
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 March - 05.
1046 On this day in history naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.
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 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) on this day in history.
1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on March - 05.
1496 English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on this day in history.
1512 On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1528 Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague on this day in history.
1558 On this day in history smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
1561 On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
1574 On March - 05 william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1574 On March - 05 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 March - 05.
1579 On March - 05 betuwe joins Union of Utrecht
1585 On March - 05 johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
1605 On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
1616 On March - 05 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1623 On this day in history american temperance law enacted, Virginia
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 On March - 05 louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73
1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm on March - 05.
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on March - 05.
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.
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 On this day in history 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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