Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Friday, 30 January 2026
1133 On this day in history 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 On March - 05 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 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 Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history. 

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. 

1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on March - 05. 

1693 On March - 05 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 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05. 

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 March - 05. 

1746 On this day in history 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 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05. 

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 this day in history. 

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 March - 05. 

1805 On this day in history birth of theodore Labarre, composer 

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

1815 On this day in history 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 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 March - 05. 

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