Editing March 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]'s book ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium|On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres]]'' is added to the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of Forbidden Books]] 73 years after it was first published.
*[[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 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.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: A French force under the command of [[Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno|Marshal Victor]] is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the [[Siege of Cádiz]] in the [[Battle of Barrosa]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Archibald Alison|title=History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV &#91;i.e. 1815&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uI0yAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA648|year=1850|publisher=Blackwood|pages=648|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141532/https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Europe/uI0yAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA648&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]: The British officially declare war on [[Myanmar|Burma]].
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Roberto Cofresí]], one of the last successful Caribbean [[pirate]]s, is [[Capture of the sloop Anne|defeated in combat]] and captured by authorities.<ref>{{cite book|title=El Marinero, Bandolero, Pirata y Contrabandista Roberto Cofresí (1819–1825)|first=Walter A.|last=Cardona Bonet|publisher=Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía|year=1991|isbn=9781933545059|pages=181–182}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Samuel Colt]] established his first factory to produce recently patented production-model [[revolver]], the .34-caliber "Paterson".<ref>{{cite book|title=Army Information Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMUHS6xBUKcC&pg=RA4-PA57|publisher=U.S. Department of the Army|pages=4|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141537/https://books.google.com/books?id=vMUHS6xBUKcC&pg=RA4-PA57|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; The [[Britannia Bridge]] across the [[Menai Strait]] between the island of [[Anglesey]] and the mainland of Wales is opened.<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Skinner|title=Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENUEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|date=19 July 2014|isbn=978-1-291-67689-1|pages=42|publisher=Lulu.com |access-date=3 September 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001221732/https://books.google.com/books?id=ENUEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Parma]], [[Tuscany]], [[Modena]] and [[Romagna]] vote in [[referendum]]s to join the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]].
*[[1868]] &ndash; ''[[Mefistofele]]'', an opera by [[Arrigo Boito]], receives its premiere performance at [[La Scala]].
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[George Westinghouse]] patents the [[railway air brake|air brake]].