Events on Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 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
Historical events on March 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 March 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 March 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
Events on Mar 7
- 1138Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German King
- 1560Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
- 1573Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty
- 1633Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself Viceroy of Limburg
- 1644Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies
- 1696English King Willem III departs Netherlands
- 1774British close port of Boston to all commerce
- 1778Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
- 1801Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
- 1824Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto, " premieres in Venice
- 18431st Catholic Governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
- 1847US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
- 1848In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
- 1850Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
- 1851Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
- 1852Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
- 1854Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes
- 1857Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
- 1862Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed
- 1870Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East
- 1876Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
- 1876Battle at Gura: Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
- 1900Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees
- 1900Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games
- 1902Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal
- 1906Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
- 1908Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
- 1911US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
- 1911Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
- 1912Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
Born on Mar 7
- 1543Johan Casimir: Count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
- 1574John Wilbye: Composer
- 1602Kano Tanju: Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
- 1621Georg Neumark: Composer
- 1659Henry Purcell: English Organist / composer (Dido & Aeneas)
- 1663Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Composer
- 1682Johan W van Ripperda: Dutch diplomat / Baron / Duke
- 1693Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico]: Pope (1758-69)
- 1707Stephen Hopkins: (Gov-Rhode Island) signed Declaration of Independence
- 1731Jean-Louis Laruette: Composer
- 1762Sebastiaan C Nederburgh: Director-General (East Indies Company)
- 1769Josef Alois Ladurner: Composer
- 1773Tommaso Marchesi: Composer
- 1785Alessandro Manzoni: Italy -- Poet / Novelist (Betrothed)
- 1797Karl Schwencke: Composer
- 1799Frantisek L Celakovsky: Czechoslovakia -- Poet (national anthem, folk song)
- 1807Franz Grave von Pocci: German poet / composer (Der Alchemist)
- 1811Christian Heinrich Hohmann: Composer
- 1813Judocus Smits: Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer / founder (The Time)
- 1820Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman: Composer
- 1822Victor Masse: Composer
- 1827Henry DeLamar Clayton: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
- 1831John Bratton [Old Reliable]: US Physician / Confederate Brigadier General
- 1832Orlando Metcalfe Poe: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
- 1837Henry Draper: Virginia, United States -- Astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
- 1842Anne CAI van Diest: Belgian Physician / feminist
- 1844Anthony Comstock: New Canaan, Connecticut -- Anti-vice crusader / philatelist
- 1856Matilde Serao [Tuffolina]: Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
- 1857Julius Wagner von Jauregg: Austria -- Psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
- 1858Nikolai Artzibushev: Composer
Died on Mar 7
- 0161Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius]: Emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
- 1040Harold I: King of England (1035-40)
- 1111Bohemund I of Tarente: French ruler of Antioch
- 1274Thomas Aquinas: Italian thelogian / saint, dies at 48
- 1305Gwijde van Dampierre: Count of Flanders / Count of Namur, dies at 78
- 1724Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti]: Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
- 1737Guido Starhemberg: Austrian Earl / Field Marshal, dies at 79
- 1750Cornelis Troost: Dutch Painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
- 1761Antonio Palella: Composer, dies at 68
- 1786Frantisek Benda: Composer, dies at 76
- 1802Johann Georg Witthauer: Composer, dies at 50
- 1804John Wedgwood: Founder (Royal Horticulture Society)
- 1809Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Austrian composer, dies at 73
- 1810Albertus H Wiese: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48
- 1833Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin: German author, dies at 61
- 1842Christian Theodor Weinlig: Composer, dies at 61
- 1862Ben McCulloch: US Confederate Brigadier General (KIA), dies at 50
- 1862John Baillie McIntosh: US General Major (Union Army), dies at 32
- 1862William Slack: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
- 1907Victor Alphonse Duvernoy: Composer, dies at 64
- 1911Antonio Fogazzarro: Italian writer / Poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
- 1926Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan: Composer, dies at 73
- 1931Akseli V Gallen-Kallela: Finnish Painter / illustrator, dies at 65
- 1931Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper]: Painter / architect, dies at 47
- 1932Aristide Briand: 11 x Premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
- 1939Amadeo Roldan: Composer, dies at 38
- 1941Arnold Schering: German musicologist, dies at 63
- 1945Adolf Bartels: German writer / racist, dies at 82
- 1951Ali Razmara: Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
- 1951Shah Ali Razmara: Of Iran, assassinated