Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  On January - 12 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 January - 12.  

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

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.  

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)  

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)  

1588  Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on January - 12.  

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1591  On January - 12 birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)  

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

1599  On this day in history birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter  

1638  On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on January - 12.  

1674  On this day in history birth of reinhard Keiser, composer  

1711  On January - 12 birth of gaetano Latilla, composer  

1715  On this day in history birth of jacques Duphly, composer  

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

1729  On January - 12 birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]  

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on January - 12.  

1730  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on January - 12.  

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.  

1737  On this day in history birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)  

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

1749  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat  

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples  

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

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)  

1772  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on January - 12.  

1780  On January - 12 birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist  

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.  

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0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies  

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1167  On January - 12 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 January - 12.  

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on January - 12.  

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies  

1537  On this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.