Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.
1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.
1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.
1512 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
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 Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.
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 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 On March - 05 birth of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer was born on March - 05.
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 March - 05.
1750 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.
1751 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.
1824 On this day in history birth of elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
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 On March - 05 birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)