Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

1291  Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.  

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) on this day in history.  

1326  On March - 05 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 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 March - 05.  

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

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

1576  On March - 05 don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70  

1579  Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on March - 05.  

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  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia  

1623  1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia on March - 05.  

1625  On March - 05 james I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58  

1637  On March - 05 john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)  

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

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

1658  On March - 05 antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America  

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.  

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

1696  On March - 05 giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)  

1726  On March - 05 evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician  

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

1733  On March - 05 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer  

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 this day in history.  

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

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

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

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

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

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)  

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

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

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69