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On March 5, 363: Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

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Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

People

Born on March 5

Roman Griffin Davis 2007– English actor (born 2007)
Doug Edert 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Madison Beer 1999– American singer (born 1999)
Justin Fields 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Yeri 1999– South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Bo Bichette 1998– American baseball player (born 1998)
Milena Venega 1997– Cuban rower (born 1997)
Taylor Hill 1996– American model (born 1996)
Emmanuel Mudiay 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
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Daria Saville 1994– Russian-born Australian tennis player (born 1994)
MJ 1994– South Korean singer (born 1994)
El Hadji Ba 1993– Mauritanian footballer (born 1993)
Joshua Coyne 1993– American musician & composer (born 1993)
Fred 1993– Brazilian association football player
Ahmed Hassan 1993– Egyptian footballer
Harry Maguire 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Kyle Schwarber 1993– American baseball player (born 1993)
Sam Bankman-Fried 1992– American entrepreneur (born 1992)

People

Died on March 5

Kurt Moll German operatic bass (1938–2017)
Hassan Al-Turabi Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)
Ray Tomlinson American computer programmer (1941–2016)
Al Wistert American football player (1920–2016)
Vlada Divljan Serbian musician
Edward Egan American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)
Geoff Edwards American actor and game show host
Ailsa McKay Scottish economist (1963–2014)
Leopoldo María Panero Spanish poet (1948–2014)
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Ola L. Mize United States Army officer (1931–2014)
Paul Bearer American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013)
Hugo Chávez President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013
Duane Gish American creationist (1921–2013)
Paul Haines New Zealand-born writer
Philip Madoc Welsh actor (1934–2012)
William O. Wooldridge United States Army soldier and the first Sergeant Major of the Army
Manolis Rasoulis Musical artist
Charles B. Pierce American filmmaker and actor (1938–2010)

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Every March 5 on record

  1. 363 Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

    Ruler of the Roman Empire

    The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

  2. 1046 Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.

    11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary

    Nasir Khusraw was an Iranian Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary for the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate.

  3. 1279 The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

    Branch of the Teutonic Order, 1237–1561

    The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561, it was a member of the "Livonian Confederation".

  4. 1496 King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.

    King of England from 1485 to 1509

    Henry VII, also known as Henry Tudor, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.

  5. 1616 Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.

    Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

    Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, just before his death in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making a pioneering contribution to the Scientific Revolution. Though a similar heliocentric model had been developed eighteen centuries earlier by Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer, Copernicus likely arrived at his model independently.

  6. 1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
  7. 1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  8. 1811 Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
  9. 1824 First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
  10. 1825 Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
  11. 1836 Samuel Colt establishes his first factory to produce the recently patented production-model revolver, the .34-caliber "Paterson".
  12. 1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
  13. 1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
  14. 1868 Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
  15. 1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
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  1. 1906 Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  2. 1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  3. 1931 The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  4. 1933 Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
  5. 1939 Spanish Civil War: The National Defence Council seizes control of the republican government in a coup d'etat, with the intention of negotiating an end to the war.
  6. 1940 Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  7. 1942 World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
  8. 1943 World War II: General strike and protest march in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany, resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police. The decree is withdrawn on the next day.
  9. 1944 World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
  10. 1946 Cold War: Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  11. 1953 Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
  12. 1957 Sutton Wick air crash: A Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents.
  13. 1960 Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
  14. 1963 American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
  15. 1963 Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12.

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