Historical Events In March - 05

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

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

1179  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on March - 05.  

1291  On this day in history sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

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

1326  On this day in history louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

1461  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on this day in history.  

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on March - 05.  

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker on this day in history.  

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1528  On this day in history utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague  

1558  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on this day in history.  

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

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

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.  

1576  On this day in history 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  Johann Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) on March - 05.  

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  On March - 05 james I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58  

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  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer  

1743  US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston on March - 05.  

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)  

1324  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)  

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

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.  

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

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

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

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

1534  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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