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 this day in history.   

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

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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

1577  On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

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

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

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

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

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

1638  Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) was born on this day in history.   

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

1674  Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on January - 12.   

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on January - 12.   

1715  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1721  On January - 12 birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)   

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

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

1729  On this day in history birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist   

1730  On January - 12 birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer   

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

1737  John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on January - 12.   

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

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on January - 12.   

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

1751  Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) was born on January - 12.   

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

1780  On this day in history birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist   

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  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  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.   

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

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