Famous Personalities Born In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

1588  John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on January - 12.   

1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on January - 12.   

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On January - 12 birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter   

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

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)   

1723  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

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

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on January - 12.   

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 this day in history 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  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.   

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0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.   

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

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

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