March 5
363 Roman Emperor Julian attacked the Sassanid (Persian)
Empire with an army of 90,000in a campaign which would bring about his own
death.
493 the German barbarian leader Odovacar (Odocacer), who had ended the
Western Roman Empire in 476, was executed at age 59 by the Ostrogoths.
1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York
during the War of the Roses.
August 9
480 BC
The Persian army defeated Leonidas and his Spartan army at Thermopylae, Persia.
48 BC – Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus (Greece) – Julius Caesar
decisively defeated Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey fled to Egypt where he was
later murdered. As a result Caesar had absolute control of Rome.
117 Hadrian
became Roman Emperor upon the death of Trajan.
378 Gothic War: Battle of
Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens was defeated by the
Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens was killed along with over half of his
army.
1173 Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa
(Leaning Tower of Pisa) begun; it would take two centuries to complete.
1274
Edward I was crowned King of England.
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel in
Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
March 5
363 Roman Emperor Julian attacked the Sassanid (Persian)
Empire with an army of 90,000in a campaign which would bring about his own
death.
493 the German barbarian leader Odovacar (Odocacer), who had ended the
Western Roman Empire in 476, was executed at age 59 by the Ostrogoths.
1133
King Henry II of England was born.
1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York
during the War of the Roses.
