Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Saturday, 08 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 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 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
1637 On this day in history birth of john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1658 On March - 05 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 March - 05.
1696 On March - 05 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
1703 On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1723 On March - 05 birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on March - 05.
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 On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer
1748 Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on March - 05.
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 this day in history.
1756 On March - 05 birth of thomas Linley, composer
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 March - 05 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 March - 05.
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 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 March - 05.