Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.  

1324  On this day in history birth of david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71)  

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1637  John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) was born on March - 05.  

1658  On March - 05 birth of antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America  

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  On March - 05 birth of giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)  

1703  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 05.  

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

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

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

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  Thomas Linley, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1794  On March - 05 birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

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  Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on March - 05.  

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 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  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  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies  

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.  

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.  

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.  

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