12 notable people died on March 5, including Pierre-Simon Laplace, Trung Trac, Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania.
20th Century
5 deaths
Franz Mertens
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Polish-Austrian mathematician
Arthur Dudley Dobson
civil engineerexplorer
New Zealand engineer and surveyor (1841–1939)
Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid
intellectualjournal editor
Egyptian academic and politician (1872-1963)
Manuel de Arriaga
lawyerpoet
Portuguese president (1840-1917)
Emilio Lussu
politicianscreenwriter
Italian writer and politician (1890–1975)
19th Century
2 deaths
Pierre-Simon Laplace
astronomermathematician
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
Claude-Louis Mathieu
astronomermathematician
French astronomer (1783-1875)
18th Century
1 death
Clas Alströmer
agronomistbotanist
Swedish botanist (1736-1794)
17th Century
1 death
Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg
alchemistcountess
Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)
16th Century
1 death
Augustin Hirschvogel
cartographerdraftsperson
16th century German artist, mathematician, and cartographer (1503-1553)
14th Century
1 death
Duke of Pomerania-Stolp
1st Century
1 deathTT
Trung Trac
military leaderqueen regnant
Vietnamese military leader, first queen
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