Historical Events In March - 05

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

0363  On this day in history 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 this day in history henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses  

1496  On March - 05 english King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore  

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

1528  On March - 05 utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague  

1558  On March - 05 smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1585  On March - 05 johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)  

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

1616  On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

1623  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia  

1623  On this day in history 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia  

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

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

1644  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1684  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician  

1732  On this day in history joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82  

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

1743  US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)  

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)  

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

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

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

1539  On March - 05 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  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