Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 this day in history.   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

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  Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on March - 05.   

1693  On March - 05 birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)   

1703  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.   

1723  On March - 05 birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)   

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  On March - 05 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  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 this day in history.   

1794  On March - 05 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  John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.   

1817  Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.   

1824  On this day in history birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc   

1824  On this day in history birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)   

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.   

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0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69