Historical Events In March - 05

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

0363  On this day in history 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  3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on March - 05.   

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

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

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

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On March - 05 william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on March - 05.   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on March - 05.   

1684  On March - 05 emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz   

1696  On March - 05 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  On this day in history joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82   

1733  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  On March - 05 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  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On March - 05 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  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  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   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.