Famous Birthdays In March - 05
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
1133 On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.
1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.
1512 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.
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 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 March - 05.
1637 John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on this day in history.
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America was born on March - 05.
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 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 this day in history.
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
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 On March - 05 birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
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 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.
1751 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
1794 On March - 05 birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1794 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on March - 05.
1805 On this day in history birth of theodore Labarre, composer
1814 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1815 On March - 05 birth of john Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.
1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.
1824 On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)
1825 On this day in history birth of john Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1825 Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on this day in history.