Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 March - 05.  

1512  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)  

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)  

1637  On this day in history birth of john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)  

1658  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on this day in history.  

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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 March - 05.  

1703  On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain  

1748  William Shield, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history 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 March - 05 birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer  

1756  Thomas Linley, composer was born on March - 05.  

1774  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

1805  On March - 05 birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

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

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 March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.  

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1574  On March - 05 philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

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

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.