Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
1133 On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
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 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 March - 05.
1574 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on this day in history.
1703 On March - 05 birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1723 On this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
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 this day in history birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
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 March - 05.
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 this day in history birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 On March - 05 birth of john Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 On March - 05 birth of austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on March - 05.
1824 On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
1825 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on March - 05.
1825 On March - 05 birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)