Famous Personalities Born In March - 05
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1133 King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1563 John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.
1574 On March - 05 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 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 Francesco Gasparini, composer was born on March - 05.
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 March - 05.
1703 On this day in history birth of vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1723 Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
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 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 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) was born on this day in history.
1751 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer was born on March - 05.
1756 On this day in history birth of thomas Linley, composer
1774 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history 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 March - 05 birth of theodore Labarre, composer
1814 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.
1815 John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
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 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 March - 05.