Historical Events In March - 05

0254  On March - 05 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  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 March - 05.  

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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 05.  

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

1576  On March - 05 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  On this day in history 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 March - 05 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.  

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.  

1561  On March - 05 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 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 March - 05.