Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Tuesday, 01 April 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 this day in history.
1326 On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1512 On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1563 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.
1574 On this day in history 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 On March - 05 birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 On March - 05 birth of francesco Gasparini, composer
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 On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05.
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history.
1739 On March - 05 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 On March - 05 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 March - 05 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 On this day in history birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1794 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on March - 05.
1805 Theodore Labarre, composer was born on March - 05.
1814 On March - 05 birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 On March - 05 birth of john Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
1824 On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
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 March - 05.