Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

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

1679  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 12 birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

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

1751  On May - 12 birth of gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  On May - 12 birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1767  Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on May - 12.   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on May - 12.   

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

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on May - 12.   

1803  On this day in history birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

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 May - 12.   

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  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on this day in history.   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on May - 12.   

1828  On May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer   

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

1829  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer   

1829  On May - 12 birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)   

1842  On May - 12 birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)   

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

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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