Famous Birthdays In March - 05

1133  On this day in history 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  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.  

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  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.  

1668  On March - 05 birth of francesco Gasparini, composer  

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  Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer  

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 this day in history.  

1750  Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on March - 05.  

1751  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1794  Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870) was born on March - 05.  

1805  On this day in history birth of theodore Labarre, composer  

1814  Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1824  On March - 05 birth of james Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives)  

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 this day in history.  

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0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.  

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

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)  

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.  

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.  

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

1576  On March - 05 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 March - 05.