Events on Mar 4
- 1152Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German King
- 1461Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English Queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as King of England
- 1540Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife
- 1570King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
- 1611George Abbot appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1621Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
- 1665English King Charles II declares war on Netherlands
- 1675John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
- 1681King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn
- 1699Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
- 1741English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena
- 17741st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
- 17891st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
- 17911st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
- 1791President Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session
- 1791Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
- 1792Oranges introduced to Hawaii
- 1793French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth
- 1797John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US
- 1798Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews
- 18011st President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)
- 1809Madison becomes 1st President inaugurated in American-made clothes
- 1825John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th President
- 18261st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts
- 1829Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President
- 1829Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
- 1837City of Chicago incorporates
- 1837Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President
- 1837Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American
- 1841Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison
Born on Mar 4
- 1394Henry the Navigator: Prince / sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery
- 1492Francesco de Layolle: Composer
- 1678Antonio Vivaldi: Venice, Italy -- Baroque violin virtuoso / composer (4 Seasons)
- 1719Aert Schouman: Dutch bird / portrait painter
- 1742Johann Heinrich Egli: Composer
- 1747Casimir Pulaski: Count / American Revolutionary War General
- 1754Benjamin Waterhouse: Physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)
- 1754Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain: Composer
- 1757Ignaz Malzat: Composer
- 1765Charles Dibdin: England, United Kingdom -- Composer / author (Sea Songs) / actor
- 1766Emanuel ADMJ: French historian (Napoleon)
- 1773Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges: Composer
- 1782Johann Wyss: Switzerland -- Folklorist / writer (Swiss Family Robinson)
- 1789Pavel P Gagarin: Russ monarch
- 1798John Joseph Abercrombie: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1877
- 1813Wijnand J J Nuijen: Romantic / water colors painter (Wrecked)
- 1819Charles Oberthur: Composer
- 1826John Buford: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
- 1828Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1834Peter Nicolai von Wilm: Composer
- 1835Giovanni Schiaparelli: Italy -- Astronomer (discovered canals of Mars)
- 1838Paul Lacome: Composer
- 1841Kristian Mandrup Elster: Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)
- 1844Josip Jurcic: Slovenian writer (10th Brother)
- 1862Robert Emden: Switzerland -- Geo / astro physics (Emden-polytroop)
- 1875Alberto Vaccari: Italian Jesuit / Old Testament Scholar / interpreter
- 1875Enrique Larreta [E R Maza]: Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro)
- 1875Suze Groeneweg: 1st Dutch female parliament member (SDAP, 1918-37)
- 1877Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike: Composer
- 1879Bernhard Kellermann: Writer
Died on Mar 4
- 1172Stephan III: King of Hungary (1162-72)
- 1484Kazimierz [the Saint]: Polish ruler / saint, dies at 25
- 1615Hans von Aachen: German painter
- 1617Arcangelo Crivelli: Composer, dies at 70
- 1793Isaac Ouwater: Amsterdam Painter / cartoonist, dies at 44
- 1794Henri D count de Larochejacquelin: Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
- 1804Karl Leopold Rollig: Composer
- 1805Jean-Baptiste Greuze: French painter, dies at 79
- 1831Georg Michael Telemann: Composer, dies at 82
- 1839Ignace Antoine Ladurner: Pianist / composer, dies at 72
- 1851Michael Henkel: Composer, dies at 70
- 1852Nikolai Gogol: Writer, dies at 43
- 1864Thomas Starr King: Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity)
- 1866Alexander Campbell: Irish / US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
- 1876Alfred Holmes: Composer, dies at 38
- 1877Hendrik E van Rijgersma: Dutch Governor (St Maarten), dies at 42
- 1883Alexander H Stephens: VP Confederate States, dies at 71
- 1888Amos Bronson Alcott: US theory / Poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
- 1903Joseph H Shorthouse: English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
- 1916Franz Marc: German Painter / co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
- 1922Bert Williams: Famous black, dies at 46 in New York City
- 1925Moritz Moszkowski: Polish / German composer, dies at 70
- 1933Willie Walker: US jazz singer / guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
- 1936Ruben Mattias Liljefors: Composer, dies at 64
- 1941Edoardo Mascheroni: Composer, dies at 81
- 1942Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg: Composer, dies at 62
- 1943Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis: Greek foreign minister, dies at 71
- 1943Pieter C Boutens: Dutch Poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73
- 1948Antonin Artaud: French Poet / actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
- 1953Sergei S Prokoviev: Russian Composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61
Historical events on March 5
- 11793rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
- 1461Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
- 1496English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
- 1528Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
- 1558Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
- 1579Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht
- 16231st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
- 1651South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
- 1684Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
- 17431st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
- 1746Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
- 17501st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City
- 1760Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
- 1766Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
- 1770Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a US Senator (Mississippi)
- 1770Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
- 1783King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
- 1795Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
- 1795Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
- 1820Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
- 1821Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
- 1836Mexico attacks Alamo
- 1836Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
- 1845Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
- 1849Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th President
- 1856Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
- 1856Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
- 1862Union troops under Brigadier General Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
- 18641st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
- 1868Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
Born on March 5
- 1324David II Bruce: King of Scotland (1331..71)
- 1326Louis I [the Great]: King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
- 1512Gerardus Mercator: Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer / mapmaker
- 1574William Oughtred: England, United Kingdom -- Mathematician / inventor (slide rule)
- 1585Johan Georg I: Elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
- 1637John van der Heyden: Dutch painter / inventor (fire extinguisher)
- 1658Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac: French colonial Governor of America
- 1668Francesco Gasparini: Composer
- 1733Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli]: Italian dancer / choreographer
- 1746Jacob Wallenberg: Swedish writer / naval chaplain
- 1748William Shield: Composer
- 1751Jan Krtitel Kuchar: Composer
- 1774Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Composer
- 1794Jacques Babinet: French physicist / mathematician / astronomer
- 1805Theodore Labarre: Composer
- 1817Austen H Layard: British archaeologist / diplomat
- 1824Elisha Harris: United States -- Physician / founder of the American Public Health Association
- 1824James Merritt Ives: Lithographer (Currier & Ives)
- 1825John Dunovant: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 1825Joseph Albert: German photographer (albertotype)
- 1828Johann Gungl: Composer
- 1840Constance Fenimore Woolson: New Hampshire, United States -- Writer (Jupiter Lights)
- 1843William F Sudds: Composer
- 1845Alfonse Hasselmans: Composer
- 1850Daniel Brink Towner: Composer
- 1852Isabella Gregory: Ireland -- Writer / playwright (Golden Apple)
- 1853Arthur W Foote: Salem, Massachusetts -- Organist / composer (Suite for Strings in E)
- 1853Howard Pyle: Illustrator / painter / author (King Stork)
- 1868Prosper Poullet: Belgian viscount / jurist / minister
- 1869Michael von Faulhaber: Cardinal / Archbishop of Munich
Died on March 5
- 0254Lucius I: Bishop of Rome (253-54)
- 0254St Lucius I: Pope (253-54)
- 1574Philip of Saint-Aldegonde: Flem Viceroy Holland / Zealand / Utrecht
- 1605Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini]: Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
- 1625James I (VI): King of England (1603-25) / Poet / author, dies at 58
- 1644Louise Juliana: Countess of Nassau, dies at 73
- 1732Joseph-Francois Salomon: Composer, dies at 82
- 1770Crispus Attuks: Slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
- 1778Thomas A Arne: English Composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
- 1795Josef Reicha: Composer, dies at 42
- 1827Alessandro Volta: Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
- 1853Georg A Kestner: German art collector / diplomat, dies at 75
- 1873Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor: Composer, dies at 34
- 1876Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult [Daniel Stern]: French author, dies at 70
- 1893Hippolyte Taine: French philosopher / historian, dies at 64
- 1893Richard Samuel Hughes: Composer, dies at 37
- 1895Nikolai Leskow: Writer, dies at 64
- 1904Alfred von Waldersee: Prussian Field Marshal / Chief of Staff, dies at 71
- 1919Jozef Surzynski: Composer, dies at 67
- 1932Takuma Dan: Japanese Baron / financier / industrial, murdered
- 1941Ludwig Quidde: German Historian / politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
- 1944Max Jacob: French writer, dies in Nazi concentration camp at 67
- 1947Alfredo Casella: Italian Composer / conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
- 1952Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov: Composer, dies at 63
- 1953Josef V Stalin: Soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73
- 1953Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev: Composer, dies at 61
- 1954Julian Lowell Coolidge: Mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80
- 1956Erich Itor Kahn: Composer, dies at 50
- 1962Anne C Veth: Dutch cartoonist / art critic, dies at 82
- 1962Otakar Jeremias: Composer, dies at 69
Events on Mar 6
- 1079Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
- 1205Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
- 1323Treaty of Paris
- 1447Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V
- 1460Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
- 1521Magellan discovers Guam
- 1579Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
- 1590Earl Mauritius conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda"
- 1628Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
- 1646Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
- 1664King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
- 1665Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
- 1714Peace of Rastatt - French Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
- 1728Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
- 17751st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
- 18081st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
- 1810Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
- 1816Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
- 1831Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
- 1834Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
- 18363,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
- 1855Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
- 1857Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
- 1861Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
- 1862Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
- 1865Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
- 1865President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
- 1882Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself King
- 18861st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
- 18961st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
Born on Mar 6
- 1405Johan II: King of Castille
- 1459Jacob Fugger: German banker / Merchant
- 1483Francesco Guicciardini: Italian attorney / President of Romagna
- 1492Jean Luis Vives: Spanish theory / humanist / Reformer
- 1495Luigi Alamanni: Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)
- 1616Malachias Siebenhaar: Composer
- 1619Cyrano de Bergerac: Famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon)
- 1698John Alberti: Dutch theologist / philologist
- 1710Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli: Composer
- 1740Giovanni Meli: Siclian poet (Buccolica)
- 1763Jean Xavier Lefevre: Composer
- 1765Jan Kops: Dutch agronomist / vicar
- 1779Philipp Roth: Composer
- 1785Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski: Composer
- 1791Anna Claypoole Peale: Painted miniatures
- 1793Bernhard Joseph Klein: Composer
- 1812Aaron Lufkin Dennison: Father of American watchmaking
- 1820Horatio Gouverneur Wright: Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1831Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh: German theologist (Home Mission)
- 1831Philip Henry Sheridan: Albany, New York -- Major General (Union Army)
- 1835Charles Ewing: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
- 1835Ludwik Grossman: Composer
- 1843Artur Napoleao dos Santos: Composer
- 1844Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov: Composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3 / 18)
- 1852Joseph Bayer: Composer
- 1870Oscar Straus: Vienna, Austria -- Composer (Ein Walzertraum)
- 1882Guy Kibbee: El Paso, Texas -- Actor (Big Shot)
- 1885Ring Lardner: United States -- Writer (You Know Me Al)
- 1887Henri Gagnon: Composer
- 1890Fernand Ansseau: Belgian operator / theory (Orfeo)
Died on Mar 6
- 0766Chrodegang: Church Reformer / Bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50
- 1583Zacharias Ursinus: German Theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48
- 1615Pieter Both: Dutch Admiral / 1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns
- 1616Francis Beaumont: Elizabethan playwright
- 1674Johann Paul Schor: German barok painter, dies at 58
- 1720Pieter van Flowers: Flemish painter, buried at 63
- 1753Gerhardus Havingha: Composer, dies at 56
- 1754Henry Pelham: English Premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57
- 1836Davy Crockett: US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
- 1851Alexander Aliabiev: Composer, dies at 63
- 1854Caspar GC Reinwardt: German / Dutch biologist, dies at 80
- 1867Wiktor Kazynski: Composer, dies at 54
- 1888Louisa May Alcott: US Author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
- 1900Gottlieb Daimler: Designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65
- 1917Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom: Premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
- 1924Meyer E van Beem: Actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85
- 1932John Philip Sousa: US Composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
- 1936Josef Stransky: Composer, dies at 63
- 1936Rubin Goldmark: Composer, dies at 63
- 1937Frank Vosper: Actor / writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
- 1939[Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann: German mathematician, dies at 86
- 1941Gutzon Borglum: Sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
- 1941John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum: Sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
- 1941Leen Schijvenschuurder: Dutch February strike leader, executed
- 1945Jan Thijssen: Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
- 1945Rudolph Karel: Composer, dies at 64
- 1947Ludwig Weber: Composer, dies at 55
- 1950Lew Lehr: Comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
- 1951Ivor Novello: Actor / writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
- 1954Jan Kalf: Dutch literature / art historian, dies at 80