Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)  

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)  

1585  On this day in history 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 March - 05 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.  

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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  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 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  On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer  

1748  Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on March - 05.  

1750  Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.  

1751  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

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 March - 05.  

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 this day in history birth of austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat  

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 this day in history birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)  

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0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

1561  On March - 05 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  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.