Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.
1326 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
1585 John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.
1637 On March - 05 birth of john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1658 On this day in history birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on March - 05.
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on March - 05.
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
1739 On March - 05 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on this day in history.
1748 William Shield, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.
1756 Thomas Linley, composer was born on March - 05.
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 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 On March - 05 birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
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.