Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 March - 05 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 March - 05.  

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 March - 05.  

1668  On March - 05 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 March - 05.  

1703  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on March - 05.  

1748  On March - 05 birth of william Shield, composer  

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  Thomas Linley, composer was born on March - 05.  

1774  On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

1794  Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on March - 05.  

1794  On this day in history birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)  

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  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 this day in history birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)  

1825  On March - 05 birth of john Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1825  Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41  

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.  

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

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69