Historical Events In March - 05

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.  

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

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 March - 05 gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

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

1558  On this day in history smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes  

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.  

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

1579  On this day in history betuwe joins Union of Utrecht  

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 March - 05.  

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

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

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

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

1637  On this day in history john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)  

1644  On this day in history louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73  

1651  On this day in history south Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm  

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

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.  

1684  Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz on this day in history.  

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  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 March - 05.  

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.  

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

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.  

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

1585  On March - 05 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  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  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 this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

1576  On this day in history 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.