Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.
1326 On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1512 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
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 March - 05.
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.
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on this day in history.
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.
1696 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
1703 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
1733 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
1739 On March - 05 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer
1748 Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on March - 05.
1750 On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
1751 On March - 05 birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
1756 On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
1794 On March - 05 birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1794 On March - 05 birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
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 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on March - 05.
1824 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history birth of john Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1825 On this day in history birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)