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  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.  

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.  

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  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on March - 05.  

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1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1693  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)  

1696  On March - 05 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  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on March - 05.  

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

1746  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on March - 05.  

1748  William Shield, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  On March - 05 birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)  

1750  On this day in history birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)  

1751  On March - 05 birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer  

1756  Thomas Linley, composer was born on March - 05.  

1774  On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

1794  On this day in history birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

1794  Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.  

1805  On March - 05 birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

1814  Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on March - 05.  

1815  John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on March - 05.  

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 March - 05.  

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  Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on March - 05.  

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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  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 March - 05.  

1605  On March - 05 clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69