Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

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

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on May - 12.   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)   

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

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

1776  On May - 12 birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1790  On this day in history birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

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

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on May - 12.   

1804  On May - 12 birth of robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

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

1806  On May - 12 birth of j V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist   

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) was born on May - 12.   

1812  On this day in history birth of louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1813  On May - 12 birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1842  Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) was born on May - 12.   

1845  On May - 12 birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)   

1850  On this day in history birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered