Historical Events In March - 05
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
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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