Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05. 

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

1563 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05. 

1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on this day in history. 

1585 Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05. 

1585 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1668 On March - 05 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 March - 05 birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) 

1723 On March - 05 birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) 

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

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 On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer 

1774 On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer 

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

1794 On March - 05 birth of robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) 

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

1814 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history. 

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

1817 On March - 05 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 this day in history. 

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

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