Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  On March - 05 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  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 05 birth of francesco Gasparini, composer  

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 March - 05.  

1703  Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768) was born on March - 05.  

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

1733  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on March - 05.  

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

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  Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1750  On March - 05 birth of jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)  

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.  

1756  On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer  

1774  On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

1794  On this day in history birth of jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

1794  On this day in history 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 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 March - 05.  

1824  James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 05.  

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

1291  On March - 05 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  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 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  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.