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03/05/0254
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Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
Type: Death
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03/05/0254
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St Lucius I, Pope (253-54), dies
Type: Death
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03/05/1179
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3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
Type: Event
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03/05/1291
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Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
Type: Death
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03/05/1324
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David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1326
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Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1461
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Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
Type: Event
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03/05/1496
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English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
Type: Event
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03/05/1512
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Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
Type: Birth
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03/05/1528
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Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
Type: Event
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03/05/1558
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Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
Type: Event
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03/05/1561
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Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
Type: Death
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03/05/1574
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William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1574
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Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
Type: Death
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03/05/1576
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Don Luˇs de Requesens y Zu¤iga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70
Type: Death
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03/05/1578
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Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/gov of Picardi‰
Type: Birth
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03/05/1579
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Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht
Type: Event
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03/05/1585
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Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1605
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Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
Type: Death
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03/05/1616
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Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
Type: Event
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03/05/1623
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1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
Type: Event
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03/05/1625
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James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58
Type: Death
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03/05/1637
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John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1644
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Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/05/1651
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South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
Type: Event
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03/05/1658
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
Type: Birth
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03/05/1668
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Francesco Gasparini, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1684
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Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
Type: Event
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03/05/1696
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1732
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Joseph-Fran‡ois Salomon, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/05/1733
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Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1743
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1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
Type: Event
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03/05/1746
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Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
Type: Birth
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03/05/1746
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Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
Type: Event
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03/05/1748
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William Shield, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1750
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1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
Type: Event
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03/05/1750
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Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1751
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Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1756
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Thomas Linley, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1760
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Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
Type: Event
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03/05/1766
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Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
Type: Event
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03/05/1770
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Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
Type: Death
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03/05/1770
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Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
Type: Event
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03/05/1770
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Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a US Senator (Mississippi)
Type: Event
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03/05/1774
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Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1778
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Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
Type: Death
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03/05/1783
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King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
Type: Event
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03/05/1794
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Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1794
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R mon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62
Type: Death
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03/05/1795
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Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42
Type: Death
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