Historical Events In March - 05

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 05.   

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

1461  Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses on March - 05.   

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 March - 05.   

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

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

1574  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 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  Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index on this day in history.   

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

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

1644  Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on March - 05.   

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

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

1668  On March - 05 francesco Gasparini, composer   

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

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

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on March - 05.   

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

1585  On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.   

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

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

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.   

1539  On this day in history 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 March - 05 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.