Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On this day in history 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  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama on this day in history.   

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  On March - 05 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) on March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1528  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) on March - 05.   

1726  On this day in history evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician   

1732  Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on March - 05.   

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

1743  On March - 05 uS religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston   

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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 March - 05.   

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

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

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

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

1561  On March - 05 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 this day in history.