Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

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  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on May - 12.   

1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on May - 12.   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on May - 12.   

1754  On this day in history birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1767  On May - 12 birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on May - 12.   

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

1803  On May - 12 birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on May - 12.   

1806  On May - 12 birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1806  On this day in history birth of j V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist   

1812  On May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.   

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

1820  On this day in history birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1828  D G Rossetti, writer was born on this day in history.   

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on May - 12.   

1829  On this day in history birth of paul Karrer, composer   

1829  On this day in history birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)   

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

1845  Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) was born on this day in history.   

1850  On May - 12 birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

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

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

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