Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 this day in history.  

1574  On March - 05 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 March - 05 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  

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1668  On this day in history 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  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 05 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  On March - 05 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  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer  

1774  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on March - 05.  

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 March - 05 birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

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  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  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  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

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  On March - 05 philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies  

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 March - 05.