Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.
1324 On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)
1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.
1512 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.
1563 On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1574 On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1585 On March - 05 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 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on March - 05.
1658 On this day in history birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 On this day in history birth of francesco Gasparini, composer
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on this day in history.
1703 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer
1748 Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on March - 05.
1750 On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
1751 On March - 05 birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
1756 On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on March - 05.
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
1805 On this day in history birth of theodore Labarre, composer
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 March - 05.
1817 On this day in history birth of austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
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 March - 05.
1825 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1825 Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on March - 05.