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05/03/1010
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Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
Type: Death
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05/03/1294
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Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1294
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John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
Type: Event
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05/03/1342
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Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
Type: Event
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05/03/1382
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Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
Type: Event
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05/03/1410
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Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1442
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Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1446
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Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie
Type: Birth
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05/03/1455
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Jews flee Spain
Type: Event
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05/03/1455
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Joƒo II, the perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jews
Type: Birth
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05/03/1469
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Niccol• Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1481
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Mohammed II, [Fƒtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1494
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Columbus discovers Jamaica
Type: Event
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05/03/1494
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Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
Type: Event
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05/03/1512
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5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
Type: Event
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05/03/1512
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Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
Type: Event
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05/03/1514
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Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
Type: Birth
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05/03/1515
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Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
Type: Event
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05/03/1535
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Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1567
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Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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05/03/1614
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Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66
Type: Death
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05/03/1616
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Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
Type: Event
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05/03/1621
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Francis Bacon accused of bribery
Type: Event
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05/03/1624
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Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
Type: Event
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05/03/1629
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French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
Type: Event
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05/03/1640
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English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
Type: Event
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05/03/1647
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John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1649
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Johann Valentin Meder, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1654
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Fran‡ois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
Type: Death
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05/03/1654
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Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
Type: Event
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05/03/1660
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Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva
Type: Event
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05/03/1661
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Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
Type: Event
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05/03/1662
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Royal charter granted Connecticut
Type: Event
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05/03/1678
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French conquering fleet at Cura‡ao, 1200 die
Type: Event
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05/03/1691
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Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction … l'amour)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1692
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Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1703
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Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1704
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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05/03/1707
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Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
Type: Death
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05/03/1708
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Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1715
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Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
Type: Event
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05/03/1722
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Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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05/03/1729
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Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1737
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Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
Type: Death
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05/03/1737
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Friedrich Schwindl, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1742
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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1744
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Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1747
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Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
Type: Event
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05/03/1752
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Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1758
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Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
Type: Death
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