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  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.  

1512  On March - 05 birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker  

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  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.  

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)  

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 this day in history.  

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1668  On this day in history birth of francesco Gasparini, composer  

1693  On March - 05 birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)  

1696  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on this day in history.  

1703  On March - 05 birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

1723  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05.  

1733  On March - 05 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  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)  

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 05 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  Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1824  Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.  

1824  James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on March - 05.  

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

1825  On March - 05 birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)  

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0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.  

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 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  On this day in history 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 March - 05.  

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69