Historical Events In March - 05

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1326  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

1496  English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history betuwe joins Union of Utrecht  

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 this day in history.  

1616  On March - 05 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 this day in history.  

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

1637  On March - 05 john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)  

1644  On this day in history louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73  

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

1658  On March - 05 antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America  

1668  On this day in history francesco Gasparini, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1726  On this day in history evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician  

1732  On March - 05 joseph-Francois Salomon, composer, dies at 82  

1733  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.  

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 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 March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

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

1574  On March - 05 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 this day in history.