Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Friday, 21 February 2025
1133 On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
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 On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
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 March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
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 On this day in history birth of francesco Gasparini, composer
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 March - 05.
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 this day in history.
1739 Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on March - 05.
1746 On March - 05 birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 On March - 05 birth of william Shield, composer
1748 On March - 05 birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
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 March - 05 birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
1794 On March - 05 birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
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 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 this day in history.
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.
1824 On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
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.