Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Monday, 15 September 2025
1133 On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.
1326 On March - 05 birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1512 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1563 On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
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 March - 05.
1585 John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.
1637 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on March - 05.
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on this day in history.
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 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on March - 05.
1733 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william Shield, composer
1748 On this day in history birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1750 On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
1751 On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
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 On this day in history birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1794 On this day in history birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
1805 Theodore Labarre, composer was born on March - 05.
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 On March - 05 birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
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.