Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Thursday, 13 February 2025
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 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.
1585 On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
1585 On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
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 March - 05.
1693 On March - 05 birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on March - 05.
1703 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.
1723 On this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history.
1739 On this day in history birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 On this day in history birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 William Shield, composer was born on March - 05.
1748 Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1750 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.
1751 On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
1756 Thomas Linley, composer was born on March - 05.
1774 On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1794 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1805 Theodore Labarre, composer was born on March - 05.
1814 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on March - 05.
1815 John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.
1824 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history birth of john Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1825 Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on this day in history.