Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  On March - 05 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America   

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

1693  Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)   

1703  On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)   

1723  On this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)   

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

1748  On March - 05 birth of william Shield, composer   

1748  Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

1794  Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on March - 05.   

1794  Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on March - 05.   

1805  Theodore Labarre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)   

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 this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on this day in history.   

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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