Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  On March - 05 birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on March - 05.   

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on this day in history.   

1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1693  Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On March - 05 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)   

1703  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1723  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05.   

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on March - 05.   

1739  Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on March - 05.   

1746  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on March - 05.   

1748  On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer   

1748  On this day in history birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)   

1750  On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)   

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.   

1756  On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer   

1774  On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

1794  Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on March - 05.   

1794  On this day in history birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)   

1805  Theodore Labarre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1814  Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

1815  John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.   

1817  Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.   

1824  On this day in history birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc   

1824  James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on March - 05.   

1825  John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on March - 05.   

1825  Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on this day in history.   

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0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.