Famous Birthdays In March - 05
Thursday, 16 May 2024
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 On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1512 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
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 this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)
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 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on March - 05.
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 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 March - 05.
1748 William Shield, composer was born on March - 05.
1748 On March - 05 birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1750 On this day in history birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
1751 On this day in history 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 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
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 March - 05.
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.
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 this day in history.