Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 this day in history.  

1326  On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

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  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on March - 05.  

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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  On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

1723  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05.  

1733  On March - 05 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 March - 05.  

1746  On March - 05 birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain  

1748  William Shield, composer was born on March - 05.  

1748  Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1750  Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.  

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1814  Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On March - 05 birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)  

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

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

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

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.  

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

1576  On March - 05 don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70  

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69