Famous Personalities Born In January - 12

1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

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

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on this day in history.   

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

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

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

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

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

1588  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)   

1588  On January - 12 birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter   

1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 12 birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

1665  On January - 12 birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician   

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer   

1711  On this day in history birth of gaetano Latilla, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)   

1729  Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on January - 12.   

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

1730  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history birth of brizio Petrucci, composer   

1737  On this day in history birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)   

1746  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1749  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat   

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples   

1751  On this day in history birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)   

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)   

1772  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

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

1783  On January - 12 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 January - 12 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  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.