Famous Personalities Born In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

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 January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

1588  John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on January - 12.   

1588  Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on this day in history.   

1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on January - 12.   

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on January - 12.   

1638  On January - 12 birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

1665  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician   

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer   

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on January - 12.   

1721  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 January - 12.   

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

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on this day in history.   

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

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)   

1772  On this day in history birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

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

1783  On this day in history birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)   

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0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

1049  On January - 12 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  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 this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

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