Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  On this day in history 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 March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

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   

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  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) was born on March - 05.   

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

1723  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1733  On March - 05 birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer   

1739  Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on March - 05.   

1746  On March - 05 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  On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)   

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)   

1815  On this day in history birth of john Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)   

1817  Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.   

1824  On March - 05 birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc   

1824  On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)   

1825  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

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 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 this day in history.   

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