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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1324  On March - 05 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)  

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 March - 05.  

1496  On March - 05 english King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore  

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

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

1558  Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on March - 05.  

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

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 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  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 March - 05 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

1623  On March - 05 american temperance law enacted, Virginia  

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

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

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) on this day in history.  

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

1651  On March - 05 south Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm  

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America on this day in history.  

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz  

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  On March - 05 joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82  

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

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

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.  

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

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.  

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

1585  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

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

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 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  

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