Historical Events In March - 05
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 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 On March - 05 sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
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 On March - 05 gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1528 On March - 05 utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
1558 On March - 05 smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
1561 Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.
1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) on this day in history.
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.
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 American temperance law enacted, Virginia on March - 05.
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 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) on March - 05.
1644 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 on this day in history.
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 this day in history emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) on March - 05.
1726 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician on this day in history.
1732 Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82 on March - 05.
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer on this day in history.
1743 US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston on March - 05.
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