Famous Personalities Born In January - 12

1483  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on January - 12.   

1588  John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on January - 12.   

1588  On this day in history birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter   

1591  On this day in history birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)   

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on January - 12.   

1599  Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

1665  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician   

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer   

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on this day in history.   

1715  On January - 12 birth of jacques Duphly, composer   

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on January - 12.   

1723  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on January - 12.   

1729  On January - 12 birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]   

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer   

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.   

1737  On January - 12 birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]   

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.   

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples   

1751  On January - 12 birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)   

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)   

1772  On January - 12 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

1780  On January - 12 birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist   

1783  On this day in history birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)   

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0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.   

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63