Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

1679  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

1700  On May - 12 birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1739  On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer   

1751  On May - 12 birth of gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1767  Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on May - 12.   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1790  On May - 12 birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1797  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  On May - 12 birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on May - 12.   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.   

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on May - 12.   

1812  On May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on May - 12.   

1820  On May - 12 birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1828  On May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer   

1828  On May - 12 birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite   

1829  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer   

1829  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on May - 12.   

1842  On May - 12 birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)   

1845  Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) was born on May - 12.   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered