Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.
1324 On March - 05 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 this day in history.
1512 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.
1563 On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1574 On March - 05 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 March - 05.
1637 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on this day in history.
1658 On this day in history birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 On March - 05 birth of francesco Gasparini, composer
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on March - 05.
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 this day in history.
1733 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
1739 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer
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 this day in history.
1751 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.
1756 On March - 05 birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1794 On March - 05 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 On this day in history birth of john Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 On March - 05 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 this day in history.
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.