Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Saturday, 26 April 2025
1133 On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 On March - 05 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 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 this day in history.
1585 On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
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
1668 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on this day in history.
1693 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
1746 On this day in history birth of jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 On March - 05 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 March - 05.
1756 Thomas Linley, composer was born on this day in history.
1774 On March - 05 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1794 Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1805 Theodore Labarre, composer was born on March - 05.
1814 On March - 05 birth of wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat was born on March - 05.
1824 On March - 05 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 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on March - 05.
1825 On this day in history birth of joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)