Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Thursday, 16 October 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.
1324 On March - 05 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 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.
1563 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.
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 John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history birth of john van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1658 On March - 05 birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 On March - 05 birth of francesco Gasparini, composer
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on March - 05.
1696 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
1703 On March - 05 birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1723 On this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history.
1739 On this day in history birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 On March - 05 birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 William Shield, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On March - 05 birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
1756 Thomas Linley, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 On March - 05 birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.
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.