Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Monday, 01 December 2025
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 March - 05. 

1512 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history. 

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 On March - 05 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 March - 05. 

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

1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on March - 05. 

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

1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on this day in history. 

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

1746 On this day in history birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain 

1748 William Shield, composer was born on March - 05. 

1748 On this day in history birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) 

1750 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on this day in history. 

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

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

1774 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on March - 05. 

1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history. 

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 March - 05 birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) 

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 this day in history birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc 

1824 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on this day in history. 

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

1825 On this day in history birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) 

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