Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)  

1324  On March - 05 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 March - 05.  

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

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  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)  

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.  

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

1693  On March - 05 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 this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)  

1723  On this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)  

1733  On this day in history 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  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain was born on March - 05.  

1748  On this day in history birth of william Shield, composer  

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

1756  Thomas Linley, composer was born on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

1814  On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)  

1815  John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on March - 05.  

1817  Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.  

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  John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

1825  Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype) was born on March - 05.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)  

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41  

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.