What is March 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1046]] &ndash; [[Naser Khosrow]] begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he would later describe in his book ''Safarnameh''. * [[1279]] &ndash; The [[Livonian Order]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Aizkraukle]] by the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]. * [[1496]] &ndash; [[England]] King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] issued letters patern to [[John Cabot]] and his sons, authorizing them to discover of unknown lands. * [[1616]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]' [[book]] ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' is banned by the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. * [[1689]] &ndash; [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham]] is named [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]]. * [[1766]] &ndash; [[Antonio de Ulloa]], the first Spanish governor of [[Louisiana]], arrives in [[New Orleans]]. * [[1770]] &ndash; [[Boston Massacre]]: Five Americans, including [[Crispus Attucks]], are killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American [[Revolutionary War]] five years later. * [[1784]] &ndash; [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney]] is named [[President of the Board of Trade]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[France|French]] troops are defeated by [[Austria]]n forces and [[Liège (city)|Liège]] is recaptured. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: A French force under command of Marshal Victor is heavily defeated while trying to prevent an English-Spanish-Portuguese [[army]] from ending the [[Siege of Cadiz]] in the [[Battle of Barrosa]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; [[James Monroe]] is inaugurated for a second term as [[President (United States)|President of the United States]]. * [[1824]] &ndash; [[First Burmese War]]: The [[United Kingdom|British]] officially declares war on [[Burma]]. * [[1836]] &ndash; [[Samuel Colt]] makes the first production-model [[revolver]] (.34-caliber). * [[1842]] &ndash; Over 500 [[Mexico|Mexican]] troops led by [[Rafael Vasquez]] invade [[Texas]], briefly occupy [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] and then head back to the [[Rio