Famous Birthdays In March - 05

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 this day in history.  

1563  On March - 05 birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)  

1574  On this day in history 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  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  

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1668  Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on March - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1703  On March - 05 birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

1723  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

1733  On March - 05 birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer  

1739  Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On March - 05 birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain  

1748  William Shield, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  On March - 05 birth of jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)  

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 March - 05.  

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

1774  Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On March - 05 birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

1814  On this day in history 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 March - 05 birth of austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat  

1824  Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc was born on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)  

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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0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.  

1291  On this day in history death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated  

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on March - 05.  

1539  On March - 05 death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

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  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70  

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69