383 Historic Events for March 5
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| 254 |
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Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
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| 254 |
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St Lucius I, Pope (253-54), dies
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| 1179 |
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3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
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| 1291 |
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Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
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| 1324 |
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David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)
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| 1326 |
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Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
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| 1461 |
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Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
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| 1496 |
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English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
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| 1512 |
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Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
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| 1528 |
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Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
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| 1558 |
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Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
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| 1561 |
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Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
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| 1574 |
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William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
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| 1574 |
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Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
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| 1576 |
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Don Lu¡s de Requesens y Zu¤iga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70
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| 1578 |
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Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/gov of Picardi‰
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| 1579 |
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Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht
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| 1585 |
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Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
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| 1605 |
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Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
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| 1616 |
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Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
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| 1623 |
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1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
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| 1625 |
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James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58
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| 1637 |
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John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
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| 1644 |
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Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73
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| 1651 |
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South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
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